Comments on: Middle Adopters – Seeing ‘the second wave’ as an audience. http://davecormier.com/edblog/2006/03/29/middle-adopters-seeing-the-second-wave-as-an-audience/ Education, post-structuralism and the rise of the machines Wed, 16 May 2012 04:34:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tadge O'Brien http://davecormier.com/edblog/2006/03/29/middle-adopters-seeing-the-second-wave-as-an-audience/comment-page-1/#comment-392 Tadge O'Brien Tue, 11 Apr 2006 00:56:19 +0000 http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=49#comment-392 Dave, I have to agree with you, there are a lot of these type of wikis out there and we have to lead by example in the sense that showing what works and what doesn't in the classroom and for teachers is important. Moving these things to a place that is easy for teachers is a great thing. Will all of them be as easy as MS Word someday? I don't know that answer. I also don't see why there can't be multiples of these projects? I have already started to leverage different groups that I am part of to show how you can simply link to something. In my eyes the benefit of a wiki is that it can be used to sort and hold information in a flexable format that is quick and easy. No more needing to create PDFs or HTML pages so that everyone can open your document. Just my two cents and I am still going to get to the barn raising if I can just catch my breath :) Keep up the good work and I agree with Alex pulling up can be a lot harder than putting down floors! Tadge Dave,

I have to agree with you, there are a lot of these type of wikis out there and we have to lead by example in the sense that showing what works and what doesn’t in the classroom and for teachers is important. Moving these things to a place that is easy for teachers is a great thing. Will all of them be as easy as MS Word someday? I don’t know that answer. I also don’t see why there can’t be multiples of these projects? I have already started to leverage different groups that I am part of to show how you can simply link to something. In my eyes the benefit of a wiki is that it can be used to sort and hold information in a flexable format that is quick and easy. No more needing to create PDFs or HTML pages so that everyone can open your document. Just my two cents and I am still going to get to the barn raising if I can just catch my breath :)

Keep up the good work and I agree with Alex pulling up can be a lot harder than putting down floors!

Tadge

]]> By: Alex Ragone http://davecormier.com/edblog/2006/03/29/middle-adopters-seeing-the-second-wave-as-an-audience/comment-page-1/#comment-267 Alex Ragone Thu, 30 Mar 2006 15:38:04 +0000 http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=49#comment-267 Hey Dave, Great writing. Funny, as I don't think what we are doing as as cutting edge, but as you describe it, I guess we are defining something new. It's an amazing time in the world. I look forward to continuing the journey. - Alex PS - Tiling isn't that bad -- pulling up old floors, now that's hard work:-) Hey Dave,

Great writing. Funny, as I don’t think what we are doing as as cutting edge, but as you describe it, I guess we are defining something new. It’s an amazing time in the world. I look forward to continuing the journey.

- Alex

PS – Tiling isn’t that bad — pulling up old floors, now that’s hard work:-)

]]> By: Alan Levine http://davecormier.com/edblog/2006/03/29/middle-adopters-seeing-the-second-wave-as-an-audience/comment-page-1/#comment-263 Alan Levine Wed, 29 Mar 2006 14:20:20 +0000 http://davecormier.com/edblog/?p=49#comment-263 I resonate with the framework you describe here Dave, it seems almost "ho-hum" as that is that mindset I've been immersed in my own work for the last X years. But the question (I think) you are asking, is how to help others shift into the same zone? How to move from the position of expertise and storing of "knowledge" into consuming, mixing, creating, re-creating, re-mixing, re-creating? It's a huge leap for more than a few people. I regret not being able to participate in the Barnraising type activities-- I like the almost "blank page / let's come together and make something we are all interested in" approach as opposed to most conference type things where it is "come and sit and listen to me talk about what I am interested in". Good luck with the home renovations; painting is just the start! Wait until you get into tiling (and lovely chemicals used to remove old floor material), plumbing, and "why don;t these lights work anymore" wiring puzzles ;-) I resonate with the framework you describe here Dave, it seems almost “ho-hum” as that is that mindset I’ve been immersed in my own work for the last X years. But the question (I think) you are asking, is how to help others shift into the same zone? How to move from the position of expertise and storing of “knowledge” into consuming, mixing, creating, re-creating, re-mixing, re-creating? It’s a huge leap for more than a few people.

I regret not being able to participate in the Barnraising type activities– I like the almost “blank page / let’s come together and make something we are all interested in” approach as opposed to most conference type things where it is “come and sit and listen to me talk about what I am interested in”.

Good luck with the home renovations; painting is just the start! Wait until you get into tiling (and lovely chemicals used to remove old floor material), plumbing, and “why don;t these lights work anymore” wiring puzzles ;-)

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