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EduBloggerCon I

June 23, 2007 By Will Richardson

So I added the “I” in the above because I have absolutely no doubt there will be many more of these unconferences to come. This has been a good day, on a number of different levels. I’m really, really fortunate in that over the years I’ve had the pleasure of meeting many of the people in this community, and it’s been very cool seeing them all again and being all in the same space. But there are many folks here who I don’t know or haven’t met, and it’s great hearing those perspectives and voices as well.

I’m not going to dive too far into the topics and the readouts…lots of other folks are doing that. But I’m really thinking about community in the physical and virtual contexts. We had a pretty provocative discussion led by Sheryl that reminded me how different these spaces are, and how complex they are to navigate. It’s something that, once again, has to be folded into our curricula throughout our time with students. And I really believe that we have to have our own brains around these different iterations of community that our kids will be working in.

I’m not sure how far down the road we’re getting on answering any of the big questions. But we’ve started some conversations that I’m sure are going to continue. Steve, who has done such a great job of making this happen, said at the outset that he’ll be interested in seeing what transpires from this six months out. I’m feeling, at this moment at least, that we may have actually pushed further forward by that point. And I’ve come away with at least one “big” idea that’s relevant to my own search. But I’m still trying to listen and divine (if that’s the right word) some guiding principles for this conversation…

Anyway, so far, so good.

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Comments

  1. Arthus Erea says

    June 23, 2007 at 5:45 pm

    Sounds great. I only wish I could make as many different connections as you guys are making at conferences (and unconferences). Unfortunately, being a kid means the vast majority of meetups are out of my reach. I’d love to see how we can expand these kind of informal unconferences into a virtual setting.

  2. Carolyn Foote says

    June 24, 2007 at 9:57 am

    Will,

    So sorry I missed it! I’m already planning to be at Edublogger con 2 😉 since it’ll be in San Antonio! I can even send people great places to eat and tour….

    Looking forward to bumping into you this week and continuing the conversations.

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