If you’ve been reading Speed of Creativity lately, you probably noticed Wesley Fryer’s nifty phrase: I’m here for the learning revolution.
I AM here for the learning revolution! Are you?
I suggested to Wesley that we have a button design contest because I love the idea of all of us wearing these at NECC. He agreed, so this is the official announcement that he and I are hereby sponsoring a contest!
- Design a button for people to wear at NECC (and beyond) that says I am here for the learning revolution [no period at the end]
- You can (and should) use any of these buttons at Absorbent Printing as design guides.
- You may enter more than one design.
- Your design must be made available under a Creative Commons attribution-noncommercial-share alike 3.0 unported license and must be in a file format and resolution suitable for printing.
- Prizes include everlasting fame, a CASTLE mug, a picture of a monster drawn by my 4-year-old, and a copy of Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky. If the design is suitable for a t-shirt, CASTLE will buy one of those for the winner too. Plus I think Wesley also might have some stuff for the winner.
- The deadline for submission is May 1. your file or a link to the file.
- If you have any questions, contact me.
CASTLE will pay for prizes and the buttons. Anyone who attends the Edubloggercon 2008 & Classroom 2.0 ‘LIVE’ session at NECC gets a free button. I’ll pass out the rest during NECC until they’re gone.
So I’ll be sporting at least two buttons at NECC: this one and another nifty one that says I read blocked blogs (designed by Stephanie, inspired by Bud). Awesome.
Happy designing!
Update: See the winning entry!
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?
Do you think I’d have a chance if my button idea just said, “Send Jim Gates to TED”
🙂
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!
So “I am here for the learning revolution” basically means, “I use the Internet”?
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.
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).