Comments on: Open Content and Open Source Tools http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/08/27/open-content-and-open-source-tools/ Sun, 23 Nov 2008 13:15:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Andrew Stillman http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/08/27/open-content-and-open-source-tools/#comment-30177 Andrew Stillman Sat, 06 Jan 2007 06:44:35 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/08/27/open-content-and-open-source-tools/#comment-30177 Your evangelism inspires! As the author of the text you cited, I must say your borrowing it gives me nothing but joy. Open-content practices can actually feed the spirit...seeing another get use from one's own work is a rush;) In the time since your post, Open Educator has formed a non-profit board and spawned Open Planner (www.openplanner.org), a team-based collaborative planning community for K-12 teachers. Come visit, we'd love your support! Your evangelism inspires! As the author of the text you cited, I must say your borrowing it gives me nothing but joy. Open-content practices can actually feed the spirit…seeing another get use from one’s own work is a rush;)

In the time since your post, Open Educator has formed a non-profit board and spawned Open Planner (www.openplanner.org), a team-based collaborative planning community for K-12 teachers. Come visit, we’d love your support!

]]> By: Moving at the Speed of Creativity » 2006 » September » 15 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/08/27/open-content-and-open-source-tools/#comment-15962 Moving at the Speed of Creativity » 2006 » September » 15 Fri, 15 Sep 2006 07:27:38 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/08/27/open-content-and-open-source-tools/#comment-15962 [...] This really caught my attention tonight because I was quoting Negroponte in a new article I am finishing for School Library Journal on “The Ethic of Open Digital Content.” I wrote a bit about these ideas in the post, “Open Content and Open Source Tools” a couple of weeks ago. The quotation I’m using is: The information superhighway is about the global movement of weightless bits at the speed of light. As one industry after another looks at itself in the mirror and asks about its future in a digital world, that future is driven almost 100 percent by the ability of that company’s product or services to be rendered in digital form. [...] [...] This really caught my attention tonight because I was quoting Negroponte in a new article I am finishing for School Library Journal on “The Ethic of Open Digital Content.” I wrote a bit about these ideas in the post, “Open Content and Open Source Tools” a couple of weeks ago. The quotation I’m using is: The information superhighway is about the global movement of weightless bits at the speed of light. As one industry after another looks at itself in the mirror and asks about its future in a digital world, that future is driven almost 100 percent by the ability of that company’s product or services to be rendered in digital form. [...]

]]> By: Alexander Hayes http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/08/27/open-content-and-open-source-tools/#comment-14062 Alexander Hayes Mon, 04 Sep 2006 12:20:30 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/08/27/open-content-and-open-source-tools/#comment-14062 As Graham pointed out for me this seems to have co-incided at a similar time on a similar musing. Andre Aagsi said today in his farewell speech that he has stood on the shoulders of giants to reach his goals and that nothing he did is complete without the memory of the interaction he had with his fans and supporters. What a phreekin legend. And he got emotional. And he honoured the crowd. We need to do the same. Blog with passion. Feel tears welling. Commit to sharing with purpose and fortitude. Your blog inspires me Graham and Wesley yours brings me to think of great things. I appreciate you being in my life. As Graham pointed out for me this seems to have co-incided at a similar time on a similar musing. Andre Aagsi said today in his farewell speech that he has stood on the shoulders of giants to reach his goals and that nothing he did is complete without the memory of the interaction he had with his fans and supporters.

What a phreekin legend. And he got emotional. And he honoured the crowd.

We need to do the same. Blog with passion. Feel tears welling. Commit to sharing with purpose and fortitude. Your blog inspires me Graham and Wesley yours brings me to think of great things.

I appreciate you being in my life.

]]> By: Wesley Fryer http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/08/27/open-content-and-open-source-tools/#comment-12275 Wesley Fryer Mon, 28 Aug 2006 15:52:20 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/08/27/open-content-and-open-source-tools/#comment-12275 I agree. The Creative Commons flash movie <a href="http://creativecommons.org/learnmore" rel="nofollow">"Get Creative"</a> talks about "standing on the shoulders of giants"-- those who have come before, and I think we all do this all the time. I think that as the quantity and quality of information available free online continues to increase, the irrelevancy of many old media / old school publishing schemes will become more apparent. :-) I agree. The Creative Commons flash movie “Get Creative” talks about “standing on the shoulders of giants”– those who have come before, and I think we all do this all the time. I think that as the quantity and quality of information available free online continues to increase, the irrelevancy of many old media / old school publishing schemes will become more apparent. :-)

]]> By: Graham Wegner http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/08/27/open-content-and-open-source-tools/#comment-12257 Graham Wegner Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:03:17 +0000 http://www.speedofcreativity.org/2006/08/27/open-content-and-open-source-tools/#comment-12257 I totally agree with you, Wes. Educators in general should be willling to share their ideas, practices and resources - much like we do in the edublogosphere! We have many, many role models to follow like Stephen Downes, Doug Johnson and Leigh Blackall who create loads of reusable free content for others to utilise. It kind of makes me wonder if the TeachersPayTeachers website is going to gain any traction at all. I mean people are free to use that service but I think that if all "open educators" continue to operate on the principles of sharing, then we can get away from that closed minded IP model. After all, whose idea is truly original? It's all based on someone else's work in the past to some degree. I totally agree with you, Wes. Educators in general should be willling to share their ideas, practices and resources - much like we do in the edublogosphere! We have many, many role models to follow like Stephen Downes, Doug Johnson and Leigh Blackall who create loads of reusable free content for others to utilise. It kind of makes me wonder if the TeachersPayTeachers website is going to gain any traction at all. I mean people are free to use that service but I think that if all “open educators” continue to operate on the principles of sharing, then we can get away from that closed minded IP model. After all, whose idea is truly original? It’s all based on someone else’s work in the past to some degree.

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