the importance and seriousness of silly

The Seriousness of SillyDean Shareski

Social Learning SummitApril 21, 2012

Don’t dismiss

http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomaslevinson/1333521561

Descriptive, Not Prescriptive

Jabiz Raisdana

Jakarta, Indonesia

Teacher, husband, Dad

@intrepidteacher

http://www.jabizraisdana.com/

http://shareski.ca/y/15h

How do we “sell” social media?

“Turns out Facebook is a lot like Facebook” Clay Shirky

“Bringing smart people together is an ancient and effective technique for developing ideas. The Net also lets smart people connect and communicate. But the Net brings people together in new and occasionally weird configurations—a weirdness that is now being reflected in how expertise works....”

Tim Lauer

Portland, OR

Principal, Dad, Pizza lover

@timlauer

http://timlauer.org/

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lewiselementary

http://www.flickr.com/photos/timlauer/

http://ink361.com/#/users/237813/photos

"If people did not do silly things, nothing intelligent would ever get done."- Ludwig Wittgenstein

http://www.flickr.com/photos/courosa/3165154438

http://ushahidi.com/

Lee Kolbert

Palm Beach, Florida

Tech Coordinator, Hockey Mom

@teachakidd

http://www.leekolbert.com/

http://shareski.ca/y/15g

Linked In Out

“I don’t teach subjects, I teach kids”

http://www.flickr.com/photos/georgecouros/4526034883

“I don’t connect to resources, I connect to people”

Different Spaces Loosely Joined

http://zefrank.com

Bud Hunt

Northern Colorado

Instructional Technologist, Writer, Dad

@budtheteacher

http://www.budtheteacher.com

http://shareski.ca/y/165

http://www.flickr.com/photos/woscholar/2622117022

Bonnie Stewart

Charlottetown, PEI

Writer, Researcher, Educator, Blogger, Mom

@bonstewart

http://cribchronicles.com/

http://shareski.ca/y/15f

Being real

“I don’t get twitter”

http://www.talknerdytomelover.com/home/2011/4/21/howto-get-started-on-twitter.html

Dean Shareski@shareskihttp://shareski.ca

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