Comments on: Contest: I’m here for the learning revolution (due May 1)

By: Peter Rock

Peter Rock — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Bigger question:

Apparently, I missed something. What is “the learning revolution”?

Smaller question:

Why was this specific copyright license chosen instead of a CC BY-SA or a CC BY?

By: Jim Gates

Jim Gates — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Do you think I’d have a chance if my button idea just said, “Send Jim Gates to TED”

By: Scott McLeod

Scott McLeod — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Oh, Peter, I think most of us can recognize that there’s a learning revolution going on. For example, I learn a lot from you and we’ve never met!

Re: the license, no particular reason. Let’s say any Creative Commons license… Thanks!

By: Peter Rock

Peter Rock — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

So “I am here for the learning revolution” basically means, “I use the Internet”?

By: Wesley Fryer

Wesley Fryer — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

Peter: No, I don’t think this phrase means “I use the Internet.” If people are here for the learning revolution, I think they are actively working to promote constructive uses of blended technologies for learning in multiple contexts. Simply using the Internet can be a largely passive experience, although there are elements of web-use today which make it much more potentially interactive than television. I see this phrase “I am here for the learning revolution” as a statement about one’s desire to be a local catalyst for systemic educational reform. I understand “systemic” to mean it is a reform movement which is simultaneously bottom-up and top-down.

By: Colette Cassinelli

Colette Cassinelli — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 05:00:00 +0000

OK, Scott – I’m in. Here are 3 submissions for your button contest: http://edtechvision.org/?p=159

(Disclosure: I admit – I am trying to gain sympathy so I can get to NECC this summer).