Week 4 Synthesis: Curating Through MCBS

Curating. I had to look up the term to get its full meaning. To curate means to select, organize, and look after the items in a collection or exhibit.

When reading Whitehead's article I thought to myself, "Rico, you struggle with this all the time!" I always go through a battle trying to decide what to keep and what to toss. If I look at how White head explains it I will have more space and be more selective of what I decide to keep. Whitehead said, "Curation is not only deciding what you want to keep of what you have taken, but also thinking more about the shot that is being taken, how it is going to be used, how it would be looked at in the future." I don't want to have all these photos or different types of media just taking up storage if I don't necessarily need it. I have to ask myself, does this mean anything to you? Will you use this photo or media again? I think what Whitehead says in his blood post is definitely something to be taken into consideration. Especially in this age of digital media.

Spiegel says this of curation, "Curation provides a formal structure for prioritizing digital media assets. What he says definitely coincides with Whitehead. We should be more selective of what we decide to keep in our precious archives for future use.

This month utilizing Symbaloo was an adjustment but I think it definitely helped me curate quality content, apps or tools that I will use in the future. It definitely helped me in creating quality content in my projects this month. It will also continue to help me in my MCBS journey. I have made Symbaloo a bookmark in my phone and on my mac so when I come across something that touches me or means something to that I want to use in the fire it goes in my Symbaloo Webmix. I will vary this forward with me. I will definitely utilize this in others classes and in my professional career.

I believe Spiegel said it best, "It’s no longer content rules, but quality content rules!" His words ring so true, especially in this digital age where people want to keep everything.