Comments on: NECC and the Attention Economy http://edinsanity.com/2008/07/03/necc-and-the-attention-economy/ “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” Albert Einstein Sat, 31 Jul 2010 22:19:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Jon Becker http://edinsanity.com/2008/07/03/necc-and-the-attention-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-868 Jon Becker Sun, 06 Jul 2008 03:36:16 +0000 http://edinsanity.com/?p=144#comment-868 @hendron - I think your point about an attendee asking “what is the difference between a blog and a wiki?” is an important one. Edubloggers make up a small percentage of those at NECC and they tend to be much further along the learning curve than the modal attendee. I, too, saw/heard some really basic things and that added great perspective. NECC does serve a really important purpose, even if not for the more advanced folks. That said, I wonder how overwhelming NECC must be for the newbies? @hendron – I think your point about an attendee asking “what is the difference between a blog and a wiki?” is an important one. Edubloggers make up a small percentage of those at NECC and they tend to be much further along the learning curve than the modal attendee. I, too, saw/heard some really basic things and that added great perspective. NECC does serve a really important purpose, even if not for the more advanced folks. That said, I wonder how overwhelming NECC must be for the newbies?

]]> By: Educational Technology and Life » Blog Archive » Post-NECC Reflections (With Thanks and Apologies to Steve Hargadon) http://edinsanity.com/2008/07/03/necc-and-the-attention-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-842 Educational Technology and Life » Blog Archive » Post-NECC Reflections (With Thanks and Apologies to Steve Hargadon) Fri, 04 Jul 2008 09:04:39 +0000 http://edinsanity.com/?p=144#comment-842 [...] have to remind myself of this when it comes to my own learning. John Becker’s post about the poverty of attention captured this for me as well. I need to remember that even at an event as packed with learning [...] [...] have to remind myself of this when it comes to my own learning. John Becker’s post about the poverty of attention captured this for me as well. I need to remember that even at an event as packed with learning [...]

]]> By: John Hendron http://edinsanity.com/2008/07/03/necc-and-the-attention-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-838 John Hendron Fri, 04 Jul 2008 04:03:03 +0000 http://edinsanity.com/?p=144#comment-838 I think the conference is valuable if you focus your time there on some needs you have identified for yourself or your organization. When I saw folks who were constantly just hanging out "in the halls", i.e., at one of the Promethean stations, I wondered why they weren't contributing through some sessions of their own. NECC is a lot of things to a lot of people; I was asked by many folks who visited my poster session on "what is the difference between a blog and a wiki?" I mean, wow! But there are evidently a lot of those people there. They still need an introduction to some of the tools we now take for granted. Why can't a SIG provide the venue or leadership or organization to offer what you propose? I believe it would be a good avenue at maintaining conversations, developing action, and perhaps the next year, "sponsoring" a series of presentations/events/workshops that take those goals further. I got a little unimpressed this year hearing some of our so-called A-listers getting crabby about this and that. NECC has a system to work in and if "hallway conversations" didn't live up to what they were once before, then I think those folks ought to find their own venue. NECC has value. For me, I relish the opportunities to share what I know and have experienced. NECC's vendors have value. They make it the quality of show it is (i.e., signage, daily newsletters, t-shirts, etc., etc.) with their support. Unfortunately, for good or bad, we live within a system that likes to buy solutions, not home grow them. I want to see my test scores with pretty graphs: boom, there it is, a few thousand later. I want that cool whiteboard with voters, boom, thousands later, there it is. I want good projectors, well, boom, here they are, at least we think so... Some of this stuff, true, I ignore. But some of it falls into place as part of a customized solution for what technology can offer the stakeholders in a school district. I didn't see many new things I want to buy, but I saw a few. Is it wrong to want to buy a few things? Yes, the trade show rag at the door was obnoxious, but experience from earlier shows should have taught you to chuck it. My 2-cents. Good to back home in VA. I think the conference is valuable if you focus your time there on some needs you have identified for yourself or your organization.

When I saw folks who were constantly just hanging out “in the halls”, i.e., at one of the Promethean stations, I wondered why they weren’t contributing through some sessions of their own.

NECC is a lot of things to a lot of people; I was asked by many folks who visited my poster session on “what is the difference between a blog and a wiki?” I mean, wow! But there are evidently a lot of those people there. They still need an introduction to some of the tools we now take for granted.

Why can’t a SIG provide the venue or leadership or organization to offer what you propose? I believe it would be a good avenue at maintaining conversations, developing action, and perhaps the next year, “sponsoring” a series of presentations/events/workshops that take those goals further.

I got a little unimpressed this year hearing some of our so-called A-listers getting crabby about this and that. NECC has a system to work in and if “hallway conversations” didn’t live up to what they were once before, then I think those folks ought to find their own venue.

NECC has value. For me, I relish the opportunities to share what I know and have experienced.

NECC’s vendors have value. They make it the quality of show it is (i.e., signage, daily newsletters, t-shirts, etc., etc.) with their support.

Unfortunately, for good or bad, we live within a system that likes to buy solutions, not home grow them. I want to see my test scores with pretty graphs: boom, there it is, a few thousand later. I want that cool whiteboard with voters, boom, thousands later, there it is. I want good projectors, well, boom, here they are, at least we think so…

Some of this stuff, true, I ignore. But some of it falls into place as part of a customized solution for what technology can offer the stakeholders in a school district. I didn’t see many new things I want to buy, but I saw a few.

Is it wrong to want to buy a few things?

Yes, the trade show rag at the door was obnoxious, but experience from earlier shows should have taught you to chuck it.

My 2-cents. Good to back home in VA.

]]> By: Alfred Thompson http://edinsanity.com/2008/07/03/necc-and-the-attention-economy/comment-page-1/#comment-835 Alfred Thompson Thu, 03 Jul 2008 20:39:57 +0000 http://edinsanity.com/?p=144#comment-835 I think that unplugged f2f time is very important. I think we sometimes get so caught up in transmitting to people "away" that we lose focus on the people we are with. We need more real life f2f mutual processing time. I think it would make the online stuff better and more valuable. I think that unplugged f2f time is very important. I think we sometimes get so caught up in transmitting to people “away” that we lose focus on the people we are with. We need more real life f2f mutual processing time. I think it would make the online stuff better and more valuable.

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