http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/10/24/the-difference-between-crowdsourcing-and-being-lazy/ Education, Technology, Productivity. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 14:10:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/10/24/the-difference-between-crowdsourcing-and-being-lazy/comment-page-1/#comment-3412 paulmartin42 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 23:09:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=3306#comment-3412 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.

]]> http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2009/10/24/the-difference-between-crowdsourcing-and-being-lazy/comment-page-1/#comment-3301 paulmartin42 Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:09:00 +0000 http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/?p=3306#comment-3301 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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