Week 3: Synthesis

Task Discussion

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  karen   July 26, 2012, 12:40 p.m.

  What is one idea from the last three weeks of conversation that had the most impact on you and why?

  How do you imagine that idea will influence your work in the coming year?

  Curation in a social context is the most powerful, and there are amazing tools for this.

  I think that in the upcoming year I will use collaborative curation as a way to explore and research various topics with colleagues (and possibly with students if the opportunity presents itself).

  On a sidenote, I took away a lot from this group about ways courses on P2PU can work well as peer learning experiences. The way that tasks spontaneously came up and were engaged in was great for my own learning. My mind is reeling with future possibilities! Sincere thanks to everyone who made this happen.

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  Shaz   July 25, 2012, 12:08 p.m.

  For me, the idea with the most impact has been about the fluidity of the definition and application of digital curation. This encompasses the collaborations, the tools, the p2pu experience and the personal empowerment for me to take things to the next level. 

  For my students this means that I will be teaching with a fresh perspective, with a great emphasis on collaboration and using tools for whatever ends suit you specifically. This will also have a pretty big impact on my research, I feel. 

  This has really been a great experience for me, and would not have been possible without the input, motivation, ideas and generosity of all, so thank you very much. 

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  Chad Sansing   July 25, 2012, 5:52 a.m.

  For me, our discussions have further problematized ownership of content in the public school classroom. In that I like working from ambiguity (as an allowance for "both" at once), I'm looking forward to talking with my kids about how we can curate artifacts that represent us in our physical space, about how we can curate content to manipulate, and about how we can curate our own work in meaningful ways.

  With thanks,
  C

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  Liz Renshaw   July 25, 2012, 1:39 a.m.

  What is one idea from the last three weeks of conversation that had the most impact on you and why?

  For me it's been the Diigo and Scoop it collaborate experience. I've tinkered with both tools but now seeing the affordances offered for collaborative learning has me wanting more!.. I can feel a powerful addiction forming.

  How do you imagine that idea will influence your work in the coming year?

  This experience has already had a big influence on how Im approaching my learning. Im focusing on Inquiry Learning in another course and have already implemented a couple of curation tools as part of my research methodology.

  On a different level I've really enjoyed the different media and tools that people have used including the poetry, vialogues, videos, and heaps more. These have served to ensure this has been a particularly rich and rewarding experience for me,

   The generosity of all participants so willing to share their knowledge, skills and expertise has been a humbling experience. So a big thanks..

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  Tellio   July 24, 2012, 8:19 p.m.

  What is one idea from the last three weeks of conversation that had the most impact on you and why?

  Useful curation is social.
   

  How do you imagine that idea will influence your work in the coming year?

  I use Diigo as a research tool (social bookmarking/annotation), but now I see it in a larger context.  And I want my students to see that as well.  I value presentation tools and now I think I will put some of these forward as legitimate ones to showcase research and to tell the story of how they pursue answers to their research questions .   I use Ken Macrorie's I-Search as a model for research writing and i think Scoop.it and Storify fit that model like a glove.

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  KevinHodgson   July 24, 2012, 8:13 a.m.

  These discussions have been rich in content, and connections. You all have me wondering about the things I do during a typical week to collect and share information, and how to encircle those activities in some meaningful curation. I'm loving the various tools that we have been using together, as it connects nicely into the collaborative element that extended this classroom beyond the virtual walls.

  As for my classroom, I don't know yet. Still thinking .... I usually need to play before I can figure out how something fits as a learning adventure for my sixth graders. I would love to extend discussions with them around how to curate, or collect with meaning.

  Thanks to all of you. I'll see ya in the wires.

  Kevin