Comments on: Ignore everybody. http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/04/12/ignore-everybody/ Education, Technology, Productivity. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:36:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Quotes http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/04/12/ignore-everybody/comment-page-1/#comment-2357 Quotes Thu, 16 Apr 2009 10:57:10 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=2126#comment-2357 Quite an interesting read, loved reading it completely. Thanks for posting. Quite an interesting read, loved reading it completely. Thanks for posting.

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/04/12/ignore-everybody/comment-page-1/#comment-2336 Doug Belshaw Mon, 13 Apr 2009 07:17:36 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=2126#comment-2336 Oh, absolutely, Jenny - I really appreciate the 'people behind the keyboards' and I'm not for one second advocating the 'Downes ratio'. I'm simply pointing out that it's the 'snowball effect', the use of hashtags (good point!) and the amplification of ideas that gives the network its power. :-) Oh, absolutely, Jenny – I really appreciate the 'people behind the keyboards' and I'm not for one second advocating the 'Downes ratio'. I'm simply pointing out that it's the 'snowball effect', the use of hashtags (good point!) and the amplification of ideas that gives the network its power. :-)

]]> By: Jenny Luca http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/04/12/ignore-everybody/comment-page-1/#comment-2334 Jenny Luca Sun, 12 Apr 2009 23:38:09 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=2126#comment-2334 I agree with you in large part Doug. Yes, the network is there for my (and yours and everyone else's) benefit to expand our learning opportunities. I use it this way myself. The use of hashtags in twitter have made following a topic or conference much easier of late. But behind all of these nodes of information are people. People who we connect with and learn from. I don't want to ignore this vital part of the learning. In many ways, what I want the students I teach to understand is the importance of making these human connections using the tools at our disposal; this to me is where the real power lies. I want my kids to learn how to explore their passions and find the people who can help them learn. Because this is what it is all about. What it all comes down to is the people behind the keyboards. <br><br>You, yourself, have recently used the people behind the keyboards very effectively to find yourself your new position. Why did I and other people help you out with that? Because we'd made a connection; we weren't just following a topic ,we were following a person we wanted to assist. In that instance, the give and take of the network ran your way. We all need to remember it is about that; give and take. And the give and take relies on the connections we have made as people.<br><br>I've looked at Stephen Downes' Twitter account. Over a 1000 people follow him and yet he follows only 1 friend. Where is the reciprocal nature of that network? Where is the give and take? I agree with you in large part Doug. Yes, the network is there for my (and yours and everyone else's) benefit to expand our learning opportunities. I use it this way myself. The use of hashtags in twitter have made following a topic or conference much easier of late. But behind all of these nodes of information are people. People who we connect with and learn from. I don't want to ignore this vital part of the learning. In many ways, what I want the students I teach to understand is the importance of making these human connections using the tools at our disposal; this to me is where the real power lies. I want my kids to learn how to explore their passions and find the people who can help them learn. Because this is what it is all about. What it all comes down to is the people behind the keyboards.

You, yourself, have recently used the people behind the keyboards very effectively to find yourself your new position. Why did I and other people help you out with that? Because we'd made a connection; we weren't just following a topic ,we were following a person we wanted to assist. In that instance, the give and take of the network ran your way. We all need to remember it is about that; give and take. And the give and take relies on the connections we have made as people.

I've looked at Stephen Downes' Twitter account. Over a 1000 people follow him and yet he follows only 1 friend. Where is the reciprocal nature of that network? Where is the give and take?

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