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I am pretty sure that mainstream society eventually consumes these punk ideologies and sells them back to society. Ripped jeans, saftey pin accessories, mac's(just a thought), I wonder what aspects of this edu punk will stick in mainstream education.

I agree, what may seem "far out" now will eventually become the norm as so many other aspect of sub-cultures has in the past.  I like some of the ideas of edupunk, but definitely need to see more about it to decide if it should be an acceptable form of educational practice.  I absolutely agree that teaching how to think for one's self is important so that is perhaps my favorite aspect of this so-called edupunk movement. 

That's exactly what I was thinking as well-eventually a lot of these things end up as mainstream and excessively processed from where they being. I think it's an interesting spin on things, but almost needs some refinement or ways to be put into most classrooms (so I can keep my job!)

I followed this link and found a Youtube channel in which there are a series of debates between Jim Groom and Gardner Campbell. I watched the first part of the first one, and it seems quite interesting...plan on watching the others. Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/user/educoz

Nice.  While the general tenor of this article is making me laugh a little, I can still get behind the idea.  I'm not sure I've had a classroom with an emphasis on "DIY," but I certainly did a lot of learning on my own that way as a child (and adult!), with encouragement from my parents.  As a small kid, they'd give me old electronics and a screwdriver to take apart and fiddle with.  Growing older, I learned about electricity and wiring in order to fix my broken lamp.  My brother and I built our own rockets that we systematically tested and improved, and I learned about metamorphosis by catching and raising tadpoles and caterpillars.  Through all these activities I learned a ton, but it never felt like work.  More hands-on, do-it-yourself type activities in the classroom could certainly be a good way to keep kids engaged and excited, as well as showing them how what they're learning can be practical.

I completely agree that a hands-on approach to learning is a "good way to keep kids engaged and excited". Before starting school here, I was working as an outdoor educator, leading kids on hikes and teaching them science. The whole thing was built around the idea of experiential education-learning about pond life by taking nets and buckets and finding creatures, catching snakes and lizards, learning about plants by hiking through the woods and tasting the edible ones, learning about astronomy by going on night hikes and star gazing and talking about stars and consellations...I found that this was an effective and fun way for kids to learn. Many of the topics we covered the students had learned about in the classroom in books, but the concept would really "click" when they were able to experience it firsthand.

Hey, just a question-you may not be required to, but have you taken Methods of Teaching Elementary Science? Margie Ritson teaches inquiry science education that is the best example of a DIY type approach to teaching that I have ever experienced. It is all about providing the means to your students and encouraging them to explore. It encourages hands-on, authentic learning like you both talk about (exploration of nature through physical exploration).

I haven't taken that class yet, but I will be next semester I think. It sounds like a great class.

DIY is an important part of learning that establishes a sense of responsibility and ownership, encourages creativity, and many other things. It tends to be more interesting for learners and with technolgy its possibilites are endless.

Does anything else lovee this picture? haha

Does anybody know anything else about this guy other than having been the first to use the term edupunk? The wikipedia link has no page about him.

How cool is this!?!

As an occasional 'cliché rebel system fighter', I'm concerned that the popularity of this concept may be a little exaggerated by people who want to "fight the system"  or "break the norm" for the wrong reasons, without having critical thinking skills of their own. I think we should always be modifying our methods of teaching and thinking outside the box, and we should be teaching students to modify and experiment and think outside the box too. It should come from genuine intellectual curiosity and desire for social change, rather than the latest 'blogosphere' trendiness.  I don't want to be a total pessimist, so I will say that I'm glad the trend of trying new DIY things is flourishing, and doesn't seem to be getting any super negative black lash.

But we do need to keep in mind what happened to the actual Punk movement. It got canned and branded and gets sold to us in tidy little black and white packages at stores like Hot Topic.

3 important ideas! very cool

So, what does this mean?

This caught on fast, didn't it?

Two interesting points from the article (via Google Translate): Is there anything more punk than education? Some of the interpretations speak of community, the anti-consumerist, anti-authoritarianism of, the intellectual and freethinking spirit of new socialism, or in more technical terms of crowdsourcing, the architecture of participation, the society of the conversation, etc ... Or ... if the goal of education is and has always been the most creative people training according to the requirements of the institutions or companies that will give them work, is there anything less punk than education?

I always think of the many things that other countries and cultures embrace before we do and then the next thing you know its the biggest trend/rage here and it's almost like the U.S. sucks all the fun out of these things by over exposing.

Coffee shops are an example. They were a European thing first, of course. But go to a coffee shop in England or France and pull out your laptop and they think you're WEIRD for working when you're supposed to be relaxing.

I would like to learn more about the creator of the term Edupunk and his inspirations and motivations for the creation of Edupunk.