I appreciate that comment more than you know, I feel a little bit uneasy at times pushing my own experience into the model of a class, but at the same time when I see cats like you up and run with it, it makes me feel a whole lot better. There will be some chaos and uncertainty, but at the same time I think that might be the best part of learning we often try and suppress through a sense of a definitive contract and detailed objective list. That said, i can also appreciate an sympathize with those who need a bit more footing in such a circumstance, because it would be disingenuous of me to suggest I am powerless, I still give grades, dictate many of the terms of the class, and provide my own frame, however loose. I guess the best way to imagine this is through what you were talking about earlier on twitter, getting excited about hacking out your space and imagining the possibilities, and sharing that widely. I think it’s honest, open, and captures some of the most compelling elements of both teaching and learning—and the possibility for all of us to be both is always already the case.

So thanks for the comment, and I agree with you. The framing of the class and my experience, as well as everyone else’s, is part of the more abstracted sense of digital storytelling I am thinking about. And what quickly becomes apparent, if it works, is that a class or a subject is as much about the connections we make with one another while learning it.