CONTENT CURATION

THE VALUE OF BEING A CONTENT CURATOR

Since I began this CCTI online course, my greatest desire and need has been, finding needed resources and information without opening so many sites. Today, I realize that all I needed was well thought out and curated sites.

Therefore, content curation serves the following purposes:

·        Many of us go online to find help from others, just to consume knowledge. Content curation gives us an opportunity to give back to the online community.

·        It helps one to develop and expand one’s personal learning network. One’s friends, connections and followers don’t have to plough through large volumes of searches to find quality content when one has already done that for them.

·        Value is added to a resource. By organizing and annotating content, it improves the quality of the resource.

·        A curator stores resources in the clouds. S/he has no more worries of losing them in case of a computer crash.

·        A content curator takes time to think about what to include in the resource and how. This helps him to be a better planner, better communicator, and amore organized teacher or student.

·        Sharing curated content online markets one as an outstanding researcher, scholar and/or entrepreneur and be sought after for his service.

·        It helps one to grow professionally (in achieving one’s professional growth goal).

·        It helps one to be more organized and efficient in his work.

·        It helps one stay informed and up-to-date with info in his or her field because it involves wide searches.

·        It increases confidence knowing that one is sharing well researched out and organized work with others.  

I am ready and confident about the role of a content curator. It takes a decision (which I have made), commitment, and time; all of which I am ready to offer.

THE VALUE TO ME OF ORGANIZING AND SHARING RESOURCES

·        It helps me to remain focused in my subject (chemistry).

·        It keeps my teaching simple but systematic

·        It enables me to integrate technology during lesson instruction.

·      I am able to direct my colleagues and students to more relevant and reliable sites for reference.

·    I am able to help my students and colleagues to develop in their academic and professional growth.

I have personally signed up with Scoop.it for content curation in chemistry. It is beneficial for my professional development. I am satisfied with its services and I recommend it for all teachers interested in professional development and in systematizing their class work.

My scoop.it link is: http://www.scoop.it/t/ict-use-in-teaching-chemistry.

My blog address is: http://jamesmuhwezi.blogspot.com

My YouTube address is: https://www.youtube.com/user/JamesMuhwezi/playlists?