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Leslie Madsen Brooks introduced me to a new term called "EduPunk" that is spreading quickly in the edutech blogosphere and beyond.
In short, edupunk is student-centered, resourceful, teacher- or community-created rather than corporate-sourced, and underwritten by a progressive political stance. Barbara Ganley's philosophy of teaching and digital expression is an elegant manifestation of edupunk. Nina Simon, with her imaginative ways of applying web 2.0 philosophies to museum exhibit design, offers both low- and high-tech edupunk visions.
Edupunk, it seems, takes old-school Progressive educational tactics--hands-on learning that starts with the learner's interests--and makes them relevant to today's digital age, sometimes by forgoing digital technologies entirely.
Stephen Downes has a roundup of the references by other edtech bloggers here. And, of course, here's the short list of EduPunk Heros
As a nonprofit technology trainer who is developing curriculum and delivering workshops on social media, I thought this might be a great meme for nonprofit techies (NpTech) to embrace.
I launched a little experiment that mixes Web 2.0, peer-to-peer sharing, and NpTech Punk. A nonprofit technology colleague, Jcolman, set up a NpTech Room on FriendFeed - which is essentially a way for a group of people to share their feeds, resources, and micro conversations with one another. (Need to catch up on what the heck FriendFeed is? See my primer.)
The point of the experiment is to answer these questions:
- How well does FriendFeed support peer-to-peer or community of practice resource sharing?
- How can we use FriendFeed effectively?
- Is it worth introducing in our organizations in some small way?
Ready to jump into the sandbox?
Here's how to participate.
1.) Get up to speed with FriendFeed (here's the quick what, how) (See Andy Robert's Screencasts too)
2.) Join the NpTech FriendFeed Room (can't find it, leave a comment and I'll send you an invite)
3.) Collaborate Task:
Louis Gray is the poweruser of FriendFeed. He has a del.icio.us account with a couple hundred bookmarks tagged Friend Feed.
Find a resource that resonates with you or helps you think about how FriendFeed might be useful to you personally or to your organization.
Share that link in the NpTech FriendFeed Room
Add a comment about why think it's useful
Participate in the comment discussion on other items
There's been a lot of activity in the NpTech FriendFeed Room as more and more colleagues have joined. Interesting enough - it's all on the topic of nonprofit technology. I summarized one discussion thread about tips for filtering FriendFeed and using it effectively. You'll find that here.
I like to play with the tools with some sort of tangible low risk project - and this type of experiment will help decide whether FriendFeed is a parasite or not. Mary Hodder left me an informative comment about why one should not bother with FriendFeed
What do you think? Is FriendFeed a tool that could help facilitate knowledge sharing in small groups of peers or just another shiny new tool that will loose its luster in a few months?
PS I thought water soluable magic markers were supposed to wash off easily ... !
