(2006-05-09) Sierria Dikw Value Commodity

Kathy Sierra on the DIKW ladder and how it relates to not letting yourself be a Commodity. If you're a teacher, what are you teaching? Facts and information, or practical knowledge and understanding? Are you teaching the What and the How but without the Why and the When? More importantly, what are you testing?... If we could teach kids in elementary school just one thing (besides reading) (Educating Kids), my wish is that it would be Systems Thinking. But too much of even our adult training/education (including much of what I create) is focused on short-term "just-the-facts-mam" or how-to hacks and tutorials. We obviously need reference info and HowTo's, or everything comes to a grinding halt, but without the higher elements of understanding and wisdom, we might never recognize that the thing we're learning to do is NOT the right choice!