Comments on: “Rocks, Diamonds, Pearls & Gold; Knowledge Mining with Social Media” http://www.edsocialmedia.com/2009/05/%e2%80%9cknowledge-mining-with-social-media%e2%80%9d/ Social Media in Education Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:41:20 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jason Ramsden http://www.edsocialmedia.com/2009/05/%e2%80%9cknowledge-mining-with-social-media%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-3512 Jason Ramsden Thu, 28 May 2009 02:25:51 +0000 http://www.edsocialmedia.com/?p=1511#comment-3512 Thanks so much for the comment and for stopping by edSocialMedia.com Sarah. I truly believe that we all must impress upon educators in our schools that you can not have innovation without risk in some form or fashion. Unfortunately risk, particularly if it comes with a chance that one might fail, is something that teachers, nor students for that matter, are allowed during the day to day "must dos" we find in today's world of high gain, must achieve success schools. If we begin to provide environments in which failure is not only allowed, but an acceptable by-product of being innovative, I think we'll start to see some real gains in how students learn, and subsequently feel, about the success they are achieving. Social Media, Web 2.0, and the upcoming Web 3.0 environments can be excellent tools to help us achieve this innovation in education many of us seek. What an exciting time to be an educator! Thanks so much for the comment and for stopping by edSocialMedia.com Sarah.

I truly believe that we all must impress upon educators in our schools that you can not have innovation without risk in some form or fashion. Unfortunately risk, particularly if it comes with a chance that one might fail, is something that teachers, nor students for that matter, are allowed during the day to day “must dos” we find in today’s world of high gain, must achieve success schools.

If we begin to provide environments in which failure is not only allowed, but an acceptable by-product of being innovative, I think we’ll start to see some real gains in how students learn, and subsequently feel, about the success they are achieving.

Social Media, Web 2.0, and the upcoming Web 3.0 environments can be excellent tools to help us achieve this innovation in education many of us seek. What an exciting time to be an educator!

]]> By: Sarah http://www.edsocialmedia.com/2009/05/%e2%80%9cknowledge-mining-with-social-media%e2%80%9d/comment-page-1/#comment-3511 Sarah Thu, 28 May 2009 01:59:30 +0000 http://www.edsocialmedia.com/?p=1511#comment-3511 Great post! I particularly like this "take chances on the ‘what ifs’." Too often I hear teachers say "I don't have time" for anything that isn't already proven. Twitter definitely falls in this category. Yet, if we want our students to be creative, innovative thinkers, don't we have to be willing to invest some of our precious time in endeavors that may not prove fruitful? Thank you! Great post! I particularly like this “take chances on the ‘what ifs’.” Too often I hear teachers say “I don’t have time” for anything that isn’t already proven. Twitter definitely falls in this category.

Yet, if we want our students to be creative, innovative thinkers, don’t we have to be willing to invest some of our precious time in endeavors that may not prove fruitful?

Thank you!

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