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This trumps everything else, for no matter how perfect is the learning platform, resources, theory and practice brought in from somewhere else, it all will be irrelevant, resented, and eventually fail to achieve anything, as long as it misses fulfilling what people want (and gaining their full buy-in and commitment). | This trumps everything else, for no matter how perfect is the learning platform, resources, theory and practice brought in from somewhere else, it all will be irrelevant, resented, and eventually fail to achieve anything, as long as it misses fulfilling what people want (and gaining their full buy-in and commitment). | ||
| + | : -> '' What the whole world wants is a good job.'' [http://gmj.gallup.com/content/101680/Global-Migration-Patterns-Job-Creation.aspx] | ||
| + | :: I agree with the principle here totally -- make sure those using the system are authoring it and guiding it as well; make sure you target tangible needs. But this may have nothing to do with the statistical average of 'what the world wants'. The world on average wants more sweets and more entertainment. Should Sugar be an entertainment platform then? [[User:Sj|+sj]] [[User Talk:Sj|<font color="#ff6996">+</font>]] | ||
| − | + | Until Sugar makes people feel it is getting them there, it will be the greatest ever idea that didn't make it (followed closely by the XO). [[User:Yamaplos|Yamaplos]] 18:13, 5 March 2009 (UTC) | |
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| − | Until Sugar makes people feel it is getting them there, it will be the greatest ever idea that didn't make it (followed closely by the XO). | ||
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| − | [[User:Yamaplos|Yamaplos]] 18:13, 5 March 2009 (UTC) | ||
Revision as of 14:37, 5 March 2009
what goals children have, and their families, and their communities?
This trumps everything else, for no matter how perfect is the learning platform, resources, theory and practice brought in from somewhere else, it all will be irrelevant, resented, and eventually fail to achieve anything, as long as it misses fulfilling what people want (and gaining their full buy-in and commitment).
- -> What the whole world wants is a good job. [1]
- I agree with the principle here totally -- make sure those using the system are authoring it and guiding it as well; make sure you target tangible needs. But this may have nothing to do with the statistical average of 'what the world wants'. The world on average wants more sweets and more entertainment. Should Sugar be an entertainment platform then? +sj +
Until Sugar makes people feel it is getting them there, it will be the greatest ever idea that didn't make it (followed closely by the XO). Yamaplos 18:13, 5 March 2009 (UTC)