I’m behind in blogging and reading, and not likely to catch up until my grades are in and the term is put to pasture. But Andy sent around a note to our division about Alan “Cog Dog” Levine’s latest post on wikis, and asked us not to miss the ensuing comments either. No time to write about it just now, but I’ve been mulling all this over (along with the whole “connectivism” content vs. node question) pretty fiercely lately, and the most recent bit of ferocity in my achin’ muller is this fascinating and provocative IT Conversations piece from James Surowieki, author of The Wisdom of Crowds.
Highly, even urgently recommended.
I’ve been a fan of James Surowieki since his book came out. I listened to his podcast twice yesterday, and after I reflect a bit (and turn in my own final grades) I’ll have to blog about it.
Thanks for the information and connections your blog provides. I’ve added it as a link tohttp://msg.uc.iupui.edu/TMC/html/index.php, which is a web site that is connecting people working to help kids living in high poverty neighborhoods get the adult support needed to move through school to 21st century jobs. A lot of the ideas represented on your blog can be powerful tools if we can integrate them in the habits of kids, volunteers and leaders.
I’m part of a Non profit blog exchange at http://nonprofitblogexchange.blogspot.com/ . If your not aware of this, I encourage you or someone in your network to connect your ideas to that exchange.