C4Ta #2:

Summary of Teacher's Blog Post #1:
William Chamberlin is such a great role model for EDM310, he has some really great posts on his blog and discusses some important issues. His latest post is, "Do We Need a Consumer Movement?" I thought this was a very good question, In this post he discusses how we need to be consumers in order to be able to make something. We all learn by doing and consuming information, and then using that information that we learn. He also points out that innovation is very rare in today's society, which I would also have to agree with. This is not to say that innovation does not happen at all, but just that you are more likely to see someone using someone else's work as a springboard versus starting from scratch so to say.

My comment:

I am an EDM 310 student at the University of South Alabama. In this class I have learned how to create a blog and blog posts, feel free to go view my blog, http://slaybrittanyedm310.blogspot.com/, or also you can view the class blog, http://edm310.blogspot.com/. I have never really thought about this before, but I think I would have to agree with you how can we focus so much on making without consuming? We have use and consume things in order to figure out what, if anything, we can make to improve it. There has to be a starting place for everything, because like you said, innovation is rare, therefore most of the time ideas or things are just brought further from what someone else started.

Summary of Teacher's Blog Post #2:

Hard Question: Do You Go to EdCamps for Swag?

As a planning team member of an edcamp, I saw the amount of time and effort that went into the acquisition of giveaways. I realize not all edcamps work hard at getting 'sponsors' but many I have been to have. Considering the amount of mental capacity and man/woman hours that are spent on getting these giveaways, is that time well spent?

 So my question to you is: How important is the giveaways at an edcamp? Would you attend an edcamp if you knew there would be no giveaways? Would you go to an edcamp because they are giving away something?

My Response:

I had no idea what an edcamp was so I had to look it up. They sound interesting and I like the fact that the agenda is made up the day of, based on what the participants are interested in. I feel that if I were already an educator that I would not go for swag. I would probably like the giveaways, but that definitely would not be the only reason I would go. I also would go to an edcamp because they were giving something away. I feel that you could gain some useful information from attending an edcamp, and I am very interested in hopefully attending one of these unconferences one day. My personal blog page is Brittany Slay. My EDM310 class blog is EDM310. Also, my twitter name is @brittany_vines.

*I didn't include this part in my post, because this teacher already knows what edcamp is. I thought I might share with our class what edcamp is. This is an unconference. A conference has a set agenda or schedule, but these meetings do not set up a schedule until the day of. The schedule is also based off of what the participants are interested in. There is no single person that stands and talks to the group, instead they encourage people to have discussions and hands-on sessions. Here is a link to their website if you are interested in learning more about it, Edcamp Foundation.