Project description:
The focus of this quarter has been on developing technological tools that allow us to work better in what we do. For the 12-credit project, I'd like to push those ideas a little further, and to put some of the principles in practice. Most of the examples of new tools we're reading about (in Everything is Miscellaneous, We are Smarter than Me) are from the private sector. I'm interested in how these tools could be used in the public sphere. So here's the idea: I'd like 12-credit students to collaborate on a document that explores possible civic applications of these new ways of collecting, analyzing, and distributing knowledge.
I'll be setting up a wiki page for you to use. I imagine that there might be a few stages to the process. For example, you might want a wiki page to brainstorm ideas and bring in a range of examples. Then, you might want a new wiki to explore a subset of the examples in more depth. Finally, you may want a final page to assemble the final document. I'll leave the final title up to the group, but I think something like: "Crowdsourcing in Government," or "Improving Government through Convergent Technologies" would be appropriate.

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