On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Bryan Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 10:25 -0700, Sameer Verma wrote: >> IdeaTorrent/Ubuntu Brainstorm is a neat project. It is simple and easy >> to use. What matters though is that once such a mechanism is in place, >> people who propose and/or vote should be as diverse as possible, >> otherwise we get a bunch of developers who pat each other's back (self >> selection bias). I still feel that this project does not involve enough >> educators. > Absolutely, I share that concern > >> That's where majority of the ideas should come from. > Agreed, esp. While kids can tell us what they like and don't like. They > can't tell us what they aren't learning. > >> Educators know challenges in the classroom firsthand. They also know >> what works. So, in implementing ideatorrent or some such thing, the >> barrier to entry for an educator should be minimal. > > absolutely.
I wonder if Ideatorrent will accept audio (or even video) files as an initial idea/entry. After all, we need an idea seed to get started and if that comes from someone who cannot type, then audio or video should work. Sameer _______________________________________________ Grassroots mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/grassroots
