EDUPUNK

Brooks introducing edupunk Jim Groom and the idea of edupunk. Edupunk is described as opposed to capitalist co-optation of the labor of educatorsand progressive educational technologists. Groom express his emotin to the influence of capital on technology and how capital is underminng the progression of technology. Capital is transforming technology as a form of control and transforming technology to  a form of control and not nessarsary to prgress. Apart from the topic, the reason its call edupunk is because he belive that punk wants to escape mainstream and thus escaping capital. Brook also presents Normans idea of edupunk as not technology, but the idea of DIY and handson project or actions. Lastly, edupunk is apart from capital and in the hands of teachers and local early progressive ideals, of interests adn hands on materials and learning.

DIY U discusses the issue of education dropouts and education failures. It breifly but explicitly discusses the education status in the U.S. DIY university is base around free educcation, began with MIT and their attempt to post every class online for free for those who cannot afford to go to college or a good university. Dispite the goodwill of this action, he believe that this take away the tradition and experience that college suppose to bring to the students. He also stated that only profit seeking university will take education seriously, while non-profit university lack the enthusiasm to teach tot he fullest. DIY YOU IS A GUIDE TO A BETTER LIFE, EDUCATIONALLY AND SOCIALLY.  Steps; get to no yourself, seek carreer in your interest field, no guilt in changing major during mid year, get experience in your major (volunteer participate, etc.),  Expand your social network.

I feel as if edupunk is going towards the idea of technnology as not DIY adn that it is causing people to hindered in the DIY experiences and forcing them to lose the opportunity to learn DIY. They stated that DIY isn't technology rahter it is the dismantling of a CD player. Moving to the idea of handson and not digital. They believe that technology is a form of capital, therefore, it is manipulated by ccapital in a form of control. Edupunk is a form of DIY and a stepping away from the mainstream and abandoning the goal of capital and bringing forth the experiences of DIY.

Going back to the concept of whether or not digital experience is a part of DIY experience, is it not part of DIY? all the concepts are there isn't it?

Will free education produce better turnout?

Should multi major university be be taken out and single major university be expanded?