Posted by Calida DeBello on 18 Mar under
Heroes of the Week,
People and Ideas
Again this week they (mostly) come in pairs:
PLANTING A SEED – Agent Shakwei Mbindyo of Kenya and Agent Kath-Ning of the USA. Shakwei set off a roaring discussion this week with her simple real-world question about crop choices: should Kenya grow for export (and thus for money) or grow to feed its poor [...]
Posted by Nathaniel Fruchter on 18 Mar under
People and Ideas
In my opinion, Agent Ninmah is truly doing something special. She’s collaborating with other teachers to create a curriculum and to teach EVOKE to students.
Paul Allison says:
This month, several of us in the New York City Writing Project are introducing Evoke in our English, Art, and Technology classrooms. We are working together to become mentors [...]
Posted by Nathaniel Fruchter on 16 Mar under
Behind the scenes,
People and Ideas
Agent Elastika’s post on helping less experienced agents really got me writing.
The EVOKE network is something special. It has pulled in agents from all over the world and we’re really doing something great. However, it’s easy to forget about technological limitations if you’re sitting here in the United States or Europe.
Posted by Mita Williams on 16 Mar under
People and Ideas
I’m amazed how many agents of the Evoke Network have taken the lesson of building on existing platforms to heart as they have been accepting the call of the second set of missions. Becki Harvey started trading lemons for parlsey with her neighbour and now five families share their garden wares. Alastair Dove found a [...]
Posted by Chelsea Howe on 16 Mar under
People and Ideas
Last week, EVOKE called on its Agents to connect with heroes already changing the world through social innovation. Whether through following, friending, RSS-ing, or even just shooting an email, Agents everywhere came closer to social innovators and are now tracing their footsteps. But how many people have actually heard back from their heroes? Let’s try [...]
Posted by Batandwa Alperstein on 14 Mar under
People and Ideas,
Uncategorized
The EVOKE game has opened my eyes to the great possibilities and opportunities that are opened when passionate people come together to collaborate.
This is my first interaction with Collective Intelligence. Wikipedia is the most well-known example of CI; where millions of users create a constantly expanding online encyclopedia.
I’ve seen numerous players refering to the concept, [...]
Posted by Joshua Judkins on 13 Mar under
People and Ideas,
Power Reports
“One great mystery in science is exactly how spiders know what pattern to weave.
Posted by Calida DeBello on 12 Mar under
Heroes of the Week,
People and Ideas
Every week we honor a few people who have made a difference to EVOKE as Heroes of the Week. I’ll say right now the process is not an orderly one (especially not with so many people making so many contributions! And we are so few). There’s no set path to become one; it’s definitely not [...]
Posted by Mita Williams on 11 Mar under
People and Ideas,
Power Reports
The second set of missions were released by Alchemy yesterday and Evoke agents have already stepped forward and accepted these objectives and have taken on the new quest.
But before I get to these challenges myself, I wanted to share what we’ve learned from the Evoke Network as it embraced the lessons of Social Innovators.
I reviewed [...]
Posted by Calida DeBello on 09 Mar under
People and Ideas
We’re coming to the end of EVOKE Week 1. If you’re new to us, or just shy, now’s the time to accept your Mission 1 in Social Innovation, because on Wednesday Alchemy will reveal Mission 2. (And if you’re fretting because your great Evidence for Mission 1 has not yet been approved! What’s up with [...]
