Wow there is a lot of information in this video. I think I am on information overload this month. But that aside, what did I get out of this video?
The use of stories to SHOW the point he was making was spectacular! I don't like being told something. I like to be shown. Therefore, what stuck with me through the video was:
1. the social effects of technology - when technology becomes an assumption or a given and the society flows from it. The combustion engine. One just assumes that you need a combustion engine to drive a car to get to a drive-in diner or movie. But you don't think about it. Today's youth do not remember being without a phone. I have heard elementary students tell their parents that "it is MY RIGHT to have a phone." And I've heard some parents say they wouldn't let their children go to a mall (or wherever) without a phone just in case.
2. Rungs of a Ladder: Sharing, Conversation, Collaboration, and Collective Action. So as we go up the rungs, so too does the amount of collaboration increase. The history of group is: we are thrown in here let's make the best of the situation. Now we have groups forming out of shared ideas. It truly is a reverse of group formation.
3. Community of practice: because the group is formed out of shared ideas, we can all work together to make the group better. Shirky's explanation of the high dynamic range photography group was appealing. The idea of one person posting an idea followed by others joining a group discussion is appealing to an online learning environment. I have recently found some tools like busuu.com and lenguajero.com that use a similar, albeit non-random, collective learning environment.
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