Thoughts on Clay Shirky's Here Comes Everybody, Ch.7

This chapter was mostly on how the use of online social tools can aid in the organization and execution of collective action. It's somewhat hard to interpret or envision how these tools might function within an educational or school-based setting since, upon reflection, schools actually do a pretty good job of limiting student-based collective action. We do individual and group work often and in a variety of ways, but maybe it's time we start thinking about students and the bigger picture?