My first impression too, was that the prioritization makes me think “this is all about technology!” What about society? politics? Globalization? What if there were a huge pandemic? What if we hit peak oil? What if the markets collapsed? What if we returned to microlocal vs global focus? These may in fact be greater drivers.

Mark gives some really practical examples (and probably a heck of a lot more manageable to imagine!)

For example, in our research about how technology has become intertwined with one learning context – communities of practice – we have noticed some big trends. One of them is the challenge of multimembership. We can theoretically belong to and learn in a nearly limitless set of communities and networks. What does that mean to the depth and breadth of our learning? How we prioritize? HOw might this impact schools?

One trick for brainstorming. use big post it notes, then you can actually sort and group on a big wall, sort of wiki like. The constraint of the large post it (5×8 inches) forces a bit of clarity of thought and editing (write big for visibility). If you do brainstorming on flip charts, you can use sticky dots – dotmocracy.