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

[Sameer Verma]

On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Bryan Berry <bryan.berry at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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.

I wonder if Ideatorrent will accept audio (or even video) files as an
initial idea/entry. After all, we need an idea seed to get started and
if that comes from someone who cannot type, then audio or video should
work.

Sameer