Hey Guys,

Thanks for the nod—and for a title that is challenging my thinking about what teaching and learning should look like in a 21st Century peer-production environment.

You may not realize this, but the biggest challenge I sometimes face is trying to convince people that the workplace is changing. Educators don’t always have a broad perspective about the skills that students need to succeed beyond schools because few of us have ever worked beyond schools.

So your title is incredibly valuable as a lever for driving meaningful conversations about what exactly classrooms must look like to “prepare children for the workplaces of tomorrow.”

Rock on,
Bill Ferriter
The Tempered Radical

Hi Will,

We’re just starting out at the moment (so didn’t really expect you to notice us), but please check out my review of the Wikinomics book on our company blog: http://blog.swirrl.com/articles/2008/06/11/wikinomics

Thanks.

It is always a compliment for other beginners to say that I “found them.” Early in our blogging and entry into Web 2.0, so many of us have that first person who “found” us and humanized the entire experience. (When we realize that we are truly linking with the world.)

Of all of the legacies anyone in the web 2.0 environment could leave, that of “finding” and “encouraging” beginners is one of the greatest compliments. Thank you for sharing this!