Filtering is just the first step - and a very important one - but there are many other great ways to add value as a content curator. 

Inspiring recap by Harold Jache quoting Maria Popova, Robin Good and James Magan.

Grat observations by Scott DiMarco on how the iGeneration (also called Z as following X and Y) hadnles information in a completely different way and what it means for marketers. The key premise he derives from Disrupted - a book by Stefan Pollack, a long time PR and Marketing guy - is that "Where previous generations had to earn knowledge via memorization or finding it, this generation simply can access it."

What this means is that traditional methods of information delivery (including traditional advertising) fail to have impact with the iGen. And as DiMarco quoting Pollack states: "Curating content means implied objectivity about who you are and what you are offering. There is no attempt to "sell" when you are collecting valuable information and offering it to people who are looking for it...." 

In short: tell, don't sell. 

(A rule also given earlier today by Likeable CEO Dave Kerpen for amazing content marketing.)

Excellent initiative by content curation pro Robin Good and we can only agree with his great title: content curation really is for everyone! 

Here are the specific topics Robin plans to cover in this course:

• Curation objectives
• Key benefits
• Curation types
• News and Content Curation Tools
• Content Curation workflow
• Titling curated content
• References and related resources
• Credit and attribution
• Distribution approach
• Business models - monetization examples
• Future trends

I'm also glad The Next Web is taking a strong stance on developing online classes, something other tech media should also do more.

Note that Scoop.it is not involved in the content of this class but that in order to support this excellent initiative by Robin, we'll been offering participants discounted premium subscriptions to Scoop.it.

The world has changed and so did the economy. From an agricultural to an industrial world, we've now moved into the post-industrial era where knowledge is the true currency and a lot of us are knowledge workers.

In this great post, Elia Morling explains how he views content curators as playing a key role as a "money handlers, changers and lenders all wrapped into one."

Steve Rosenbaum comes back on why we have information overload but perhaps more interestingly explains why we'll solve it and what are the new laws that will govern this new content economy. 

The 4th law in particular is interesting as very close to our own humanrithm vision: "Curation requires technology and tools to find, filter, and validate content at the speed of the real-time web. Curation can’t simply be a human with a web browser — the mix of man and machine is essential here."

He also describes the profile of these new digital curations and their motivations: "Curators need to be paid to be part of the emerging ecosystem" - not necessarily with cash but through ego, personal development or marketing outcomes.

In a word, content curation can be and will be rewarding.

Interesting story by Ashley Hutchinson who's a high-school teacher in North carolina. The pivotational moment of her story is fascinating: while she recognized most students would go on autopilot and find research not really thrilling, they loved to argue and debate. So she turned them into argument curators... and got them much more involved.

Learning by doing has always been powerful: curating content is not just a great way to share knowledge but also to develop some.