Sean Williams's Blog – August 2008 Archive (3)

Great information on WHY wikipedia works!! But the best was last, the final sentence-"When people care enough, they can come together and accomplish things of a scope and longevity that were previously impossible; they can do things for love."

When I read that I thought back to NECC and at the end there were some ramblings (well intentioned and I shared them) about yeah, great ideas, but when is something going to actually happen. I think this chapter shows that a small but passionate user… Continue

On page 89 he writes," Online, by contrast, the default mode for many forms of communication is instant, global, and nearly permanent." Super important to teach this!!! Also starting on page 96 he discusses the new forms of filtering - publish then filter. Completely changing the structure of teaching writing. Hmmmmm...

Kind of a snoozer. Good background knowledge but not a whole lot of new stuff for me