[Edu-sig] Postmortem of my OSCON talk

[Arthur]

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> From: edu-sig-bounces at python.org [mailto:edu-sig-bounces at python.org] On

Kirby wrote -

> 
> At one point in my talk, I predicted we'd soon have open source
> repositories of downloadable audio/video clips, which kids'd pull down to
> their computer desktops, mix with new content, and reupload back to the
> servers (the same process used with software today, but applied to making
> video). Schools like ours could harness this economy to foment the
> production of more relevant educational materials.
> 

Having proved (to myself) I could shut up here for a month - I will comment.
Predictably -  I am afraid 

Open source versus closed source seems to me somewhere around number 8 on
the list of issues in respect to assessing worthwhile technologically
derived/connected "educational materials", versus worthless such materials,
versus actively destructive such materials.

Where might a self-proclaimed intelligent person go to discuss with other
such persons  1 through 7, without the diversion of 8?

Is there an 8 don't make it right crowd to plug into?

Art