I blogged before about my regular column on technology and higher education for Technology & Learning magazine. My latest article is now available:
Here’s an excerpt:
In the Internet era, it’s not enough to have good ideas or content.
People also have to be able to find you. Don Tapscott, author of Wikinomics,
puts it this way: "[The risk is] obscurity: the risk that one’s work
will get lost in the vast digital wilderness of content and
voices….In today’s information-soaked environment, writers and
content creators need to find ways to permeate people’s consciousness." . . . [M]y academic colleagues are not clickable.
FYI, I sent Will Richardson a big thank you for his post that inspired the article.
Scott,
I think this idea of clickability applies to k-12 educators as well. I’m speaking to a group of Teacher/Leaders in our district this week about the idea of being connectors/mavens, so I plan to share your post. Teacher/Leaders should be clickable!
The old saying back when the web was comparatively new was “quaerimur ergo sum”. That is, “I am searchable, therefore I am.”
-Jack