Wikinomics and Education?

Welcome to our study of "Wikinomics: How Mass Collaboration Changes Everything: by Donald Tapscott and Anthony Williams. We will be reading and discussing this book over the next several months, and will use this blog to document our ideas. Please feel free to join us and comment along the way.

Co-author Anthony Williams states on his blog (http://anthonydwilliams.com/wikinomics/),

"With vivid and engaging examples, WIKINOMICS explains how smart firms are harnessing mass collaboration in powerful new ways to drive innovation and success. The new mass collaboration presents far-reaching opportunities for every company and, most of all, for you."

Throughout this book study we will explore the ideas and concepts presented in "Wikinomics" and its implication for education. Are "smart" educators harnessing mass collaboration in new ways as well?

3-2-1...
For each chapter, recall 3 new ideas or nuggets of information you learned; share 2 reasons you believe this is important to you as an educator, or education in general; and reflect on 1 thing you might "do" differently as a result of your discovery.

Timeline:
9/24 Read Intro through pg. 64 (Ch. 1 & 2)
11/5 Read pgs. 65 - 124 (Ch. 3 & 4)
1/21 Read pgs. 124-182 (Ch. 5 & 6)
2/4 Read pgs. 183-238 (Ch. 7 & 8)
3/18 Read pgs. 239-287 (Ch. 9 & 10)
4/30 Read pgs. 288-315 (Ch. 11)