[Grassroots-l] Is this the "Idea Funnel?"

[Bryan Berry]

On Tue, 2008-08-26 at 10:25 -0700, Sameer Verma wrote:
> IdeaTorrent/Ubuntu Brainstorm is a neat project. It is simple and easy
> to use. What matters though is that once such a mechanism is in place,
> people who propose and/or vote should be as diverse as possible,
> otherwise we get a bunch of developers who pat each other's back (self
> selection bias). I still feel that this project does not involve enough
> educators. 
Absolutely, I share that concern

> That's where majority of the ideas should come from.
Agreed, esp. While kids can tell us what they like and don't like. They
can't tell us what they aren't learning. 

> Educators know challenges in the classroom firsthand. They also know
> what works. So, in implementing ideatorrent or some such thing, the
> barrier to entry for an educator should be minimal.

absolutely.

> Once a project gets a lot of votes, the next step becomes crucial. How
> does an idea become a project? Who takes it on? etc. That workflow must
> be established as well.
> 
> Sameer
>