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Maria Popova, a curator's code for showing how you obtained your mindblowing ideas. Two unicode symbols and a bookmarklet that you download allows you to show how others have assisted you. "The Curator's Code is an effort to keep this whimsical rabbit hole open by honoring discovery through an actionable code of ethics - first, understanding why attribution matters, and then, implementing it across the web in a codified common standard, doing for attribution of discovery what Creative Commons has done for image attribution. It's a suggested system for honoring the creative and intellectual labor of information discovery by making attribution consistent and codified, celebrating authors and creators, and also respecting those who discover and amplify their work."

article by teacher in 2012 in Baltimore Post-Examiner on why technology is so vital to learning in the classroom. "Is that how we learn nowadays? Let's say I wasn't helpful and didn't provide a definition of intensive-explicit instruction, but you wanted to know what it meant. What would you do? Google it, of course. That's the power of technology: I can learn so much about the world through my own sense of discovery. The trick for today's teachers is to instill that sense of discovery, and traditional intensive-explicit instruction will not foster that independence."

"Networking is a prime form of 21st century learning.  The world is much smaller thanks to technology.  Learning is transforming into a globally collaborative enterprise.  Take for example scientists; professional networks allow the scientific community to share discoveries much faster. Just this month, a tech news article showcased how Harvard scientists are considering that "sharing discoveries is more efficient and honorable than patenting them."  This idea embodies the true spirit of a successful professional learning network: collaboration for its own sake. As educators, we aim to be connected to advance our craft.  On another level, we hope to teach students to use networks to prepare for them for a changing job market.  But what is the best way to approach PLNs?"

interesting list by Lee Odden from TopRank Online Marketing Blog on content discovery tools for curation, engagement, and sharing.

"Enrolling in MOOCs has a lot to do with what drives me, and what I think drives most adult learners: the desire to understand, to know and to increase personal competency." Organic learning communities are replacing formal lectures. Self-discovery coupled with peer-to-peer interaction, sharing and co-learning is transforming the learning landscape

Experience Matters Arizona has interesting self discovery exercise and graphic to complete on Ideas, Motivations, Skills and Interests, Dreams, Financial Insights, and Values.

How crowdsourcing is impacting scientific research, and how blogging about scientific findings is changing how information about new discoveries gets supported/debunked. Interesting in the social media crowdsourcing aspect of how information is not in the hands of just experts anymore.

CrowdSourcing is changing the power dynamics of scientific information. Interesting article for the power of blogging and commenting vs professionals and scientific community.

"Pinterest, with its 70 million users, is driving an avalanche of referral traffic to websites and blogs. Right now, Pinterest drives more referral traffic than Twitter, StumbleUpon, Reddit, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Google+ … combined. And contrary to popular belief, maybe contrary to even your belief, that traffic is converting … because many pinners use the site specifically for product and content discovery. (Get ready for some compelling stats about this in a minute.) This makes Pinterest a powerful tool for ecommerce."

Article published 10/3/12 in Medical Economics by Brandon Glenn. "Nearly one-fourth of physicians use social media on a daily basis to scan or explore medical information, according to a recently published study in the Journal of Medical Internet Research. The researchers behind the study set out to examine physicians' level of social media usage for the purpose of exchanging advice, ideas, reports, and scientific discoveries with other physicians. The study was based on emailed survey responses from 485 primary care physicians (PCPs) and oncologists, and it had a response rate of 28%. They found that, whereas just 24% of physicians use social media to "scan or explore" on a daily basis for those reasons, that number jumps to 61% when measured on a weekly basis. Physicians who use social media to "contribute," rather than merely scan information, stood at 14% daily and 46% weekly. "

Blog by Susan Freeman, StepUpLeader, June 2014 Talks about leaders and learning and honesty. "Upon deeper reflection, there is something they absolutely must possess in order for us to work well together; That is being a LEARNER. By this I mean the willingness to admit that they don't know what they don't know. They will approach the learning process with an attitude of curiosity, appreciating each new discovery with gusto. They don't resist it; they EMBRACE it. I call it leadership resilience. Leadership resilience is crucial for leaders. When a leader can't be honest about what he doesn't know, it shuts down the ability for others to learn and innovate within the organization. In order to move from where we are now to a future desired result, we must let go of our need to know. When a leader can embrace curiosity, wonder and being comfortable with uncertainty, it makes it acceptable for others to do so."

excellent interview with Liz Coleman, former president/reformer of Bennington College on action, engagement, learning, real-time issues, etc.

Brain Pickings, blog by Maria Popova, master curator, March 9, 2012 Extremely interesting blog on discovering information on the internet and sharing it with others.

great review of impact of Slack group chat tool on offices and productivity, Annalee Newitz, March 9, 2016.