C4T #3

I had the pleasure of exploring the blog Dean Shareski, a Digital Learning Consultant in the Prarie South School Division (ideasandthoughts.org/about). Shareski's blog is entitled Ideas and Thoughts: Learning Stuff since 1964.

The first blog post I read was titled "Pimp My Slide" and in this post Shareski talked about how working together as a group and collaborating on a project could make it much better than just simply doing it by yourself. I related this to EDM 310 because on so many projects we have to work together in groups and often times, I may not know certain information but I may go to another group member for the answer.

The second blog post I read was titled "Don't Ask People What They Want." Shareski talked about how many people believe that parents, students and other taxpayers should be involved in the decision-making process of what happens in schools. But at the same time, many governments have the attitude that they should not ask citizens "what they want because they will tell you." Shareski quoted Steve Jobs when he talked about this. Shareski also discussed how some people often offer their input on topics that they do not fully understand. The bottom line that Shareski is trying to get across is that students, parents and other fellow taxpayers should be involved in the decisions that are being made for our schools, but as of now we should try our best to elect the right officials who will hopefully represent us in the best possible way and strive to make our schools better for us all.