Comments on: Collaborative Innovation http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/collaborative-innovation/ The Read/Write Web in the Classroom Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:54:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Tom Hoffman http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/collaborative-innovation/#comment-1391 Tom Hoffman Wed, 18 May 2005 02:43:42 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/collaborative-innovation/#comment-1391 <a></a>Heh. I just finished skimming the second half of the book, and that review is pretty dead on, Terrry. Heh. I just finished skimming the second half of the book, and that review is pretty dead on, Terrry.

]]> By: Terry Elliott http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/collaborative-innovation/#comment-1390 Terry Elliott Fri, 06 May 2005 08:16:00 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/collaborative-innovation/#comment-1390 <a></a>Hate to rain on the Friedman parade, but after a year of reading him on a regular basis via a free subscription for the NYT in my freshman comp class I find only one word to describe him--fatuous. He is always on the tail end of the trend because he doesn't think for himself. Instead he lets that finger in the wind do his thinking for him. Check out this takedown of Friedman in the NY Press: <a href="http://nypress.com/18/16/news&columns/taibbi.cfm" rel="nofollow">http://nypress.com/18/16/news&columns/taibbi.cfm</a> Hate to rain on the Friedman parade, but after a year of reading him on a regular basis via a free subscription for the NYT in my freshman comp class I find only one word to describe him–fatuous. He is always on the tail end of the trend because he doesn’t think for himself. Instead he lets that finger in the wind do his thinking for him. Check out this takedown of Friedman in the NY Press: http://nypress.com/18/16/news&columns/taibbi.cfm

]]> By: John Pederson http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/collaborative-innovation/#comment-1389 John Pederson Fri, 06 May 2005 00:04:26 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2005/collaborative-innovation/#comment-1389 <a></a>I just got finished watching a 4/28/05 speech that Friedman did for Minnesota Public Radio. <a href="http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/features/2005/05/collaboration/" rel="nofollow">http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/features/2005/05/collaboration/</a> This gives an incredible intro to what the book is about. I hate to spoil the book for you Will...but I highly recommend going to watch the movie the next time you get a free 90 minutes! I just got finished watching a 4/28/05 speech that Friedman did for Minnesota Public Radio.

http://minnesota.publicradio.org/radio/features/2005/05/collaboration/

This gives an incredible intro to what the book is about. I hate to spoil the book for you Will…but I highly recommend going to watch the movie the next time you get a free 90 minutes!

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