http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/10/24/the-difference-between-crowdsourcing-and-being-lazy/ Education. Technology. Productivity. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:19:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/10/24/the-difference-between-crowdsourcing-and-being-lazy/comment-page-1/#comment-6177 Anonymous Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:09:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=3306#comment-6177 As an expert at being lazy I am always on the lookout for newfangled ideas to help me earn more for less. The latest whizzbang has to get students to lift their heads and at least engage, possibly inform and cetainly get me leaving after teaching them with the thought - that was worth a try. So addressing your key points I reckon just because you learn to use a *new* tool does not mean that you need to tell anyone else about it (1) as it might be just a fad, like Amstrad; (2+3) the school topteam are numbers driven mainly but also concerned about bleating stakeholders; finally (4) as a parent (stakeholder) the last thing I want is for all and sundry to be looking at what the kids are doing - school should be a safe to fail environment where you can learn from mistakes and have a clean sheet the next day. Web2 should not be exploited Big Bro style. As an expert at being lazy I am always on the lookout for newfangled ideas to help me earn more for less. The latest whizzbang has to get students to lift their heads and at least engage, possibly inform and cetainly get me leaving after teaching them with the thought – that was worth a try. So addressing your key points I reckon just because you learn to use a *new* tool does not mean that you need to tell anyone else about it (1) as it might be just a fad, like Amstrad; (2+3) the school topteam are numbers driven mainly but also concerned about bleating stakeholders; finally (4) as a parent (stakeholder) the last thing I want is for all and sundry to be looking at what the kids are doing – school should be a safe to fail environment where you can learn from mistakes and have a clean sheet the next day. Web2 should not be exploited Big Bro style.

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