Monday, October 29, 2012
On Clay Shirkey's, "Cognitive Surplus and Changing the world."
According to the video “ancient human motivation and the modern tools that allow that motivation to be joined in a large scale,” are the two important keys that allow a culture of generosity. And apparently there is a gap between those doing anything and those doing nothing. I may lack the imagination to come up with a way in which a culture of generosity can be used to improve education, but I’m willing to give it a try. The culture of generosity has a civil duty, their creations are made by a group of individuals but it is created in a way in which large populations can either enjoy or benefit from their creation. In a typical school setting, this can be the equivalent of students and teachers gathering and creating a helpful site that may involve everyone in and out of their community. And it can be anything, so long as civic value is being created to a degree that they will be able to change the world, including education. It is my understanding that when Clay Shirkey says “free cultures get what they celebrate,” he meant that for those who make the choice to do something (create and share for example) get to experience the reward of doing so, while those who choose to do nothing, get exactly that: nothing.
Perhaps the most interesting observation that I personally made about myself after watching this video, is that I am still a media consumer. Yes, it was the only thing that has been offered in the past, but now I see the world is changing. While some people highly enjoy the fact that they now have a role to create and share in participation with the media, it is something that frankly scares the crap out of me. I know how to document y personal feelings and how to respond to the world around me internally, but I have a big problem sharing that with others. I have the feeling that my struggle in Education 578 is mainly because I lack the confidence to reach out to others and let others reach out to me.
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I too at first was scared to put my opinions and ideas out there for others to see. However, as I keep blogging and see things on Twitter that spark my interest, I am willing to take more risks. Just keep blogging, it will come.
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