Comments on: Edublog awards – Top 10 news events of the edublog year 2006

By: Breathe « Venn Librarygram

Breathe « Venn Librarygram — Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:09:18 +0000

[...] in Life Related, Privacy, Techno Geekiness at 3:41 pm by lpearle Dave highlighted the 10 Events of the Edublog Year and then Joyce commented (in italics) 8. Burnout This year any number of people in the [...]

By: Yearly Roundup - The 20 best edublog posts of 2006 at teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk

Yearly Roundup - The 20 best edublog posts of 2006 at teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk — Sun, 31 Dec 2006 09:30:12 +0000

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By: Teaching Generation Z » Graham’s Non-Authorative 2006 List Of Stuff

Teaching Generation Z » Graham’s Non-Authorative 2006 List Of Stuff — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 11:30:34 +0000

[...] I really liked Dave Cormier’s Top 10 (11) list for 2006 – so much that I had a go in the Comments at a couple of his choices being US-centric and maybe not meaning as much to the rest of the educational technology world. I echoed another Canadian (Stephen Downes, Dave being the first referenced here) in suggesting that DOPA, the US government legislation proposal that would virtually shut out social networking sites from America schools and public libraries, was a matter only of interest to US citizens. Dave responded nicely: [...]

By: Graham Wegner

Graham Wegner — Wed, 27 Dec 2006 11:53:19 +0000

Thanks for the clarification – I think I was having an anti-US-centric day when I commented and I thought that you being a Canadian would be more open to international sensibilities. Your list would have not raised any eyebrows in the States because well, they all know what you’re talking about. Maybe, whinging Aussies like me would have been satisfied with some recognition of similar issues in our various parts of the world i.e. DOPA and its worldwide flow on impact and the fact there are dopey politicians globally in decision making roles who are completely clueless as to this “internet thing.” I’m just being nitpicky because if international bloggers don’t point out US-centric commentary, then US bloggers are hardly likely to notice! Your unique position near the elephant as you put it, allow you to observe things and identify the international implications. Your response to me here gives me the information I need to know why those events were important in 2006.

By: admin

admin — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 17:31:11 +0000

Hi Graham,

Interesting. It’s possible that as a Canadian I’ve been living near the elephant for too long… but I think that you are missing something if you think that internet law in the US is not going to affect the rest of the world. Half of the internet usage (and the companies) are US based (dave makes up likely statistic). If, as in the case of DOPA, their market dries up, or, as in the case of net neutrality (senator stevens) they charge people for bandwidth, it will have a massive effect on worldwide internet usage and therefore edtech usage. How many open source projects depend on US bandwidth being free and how many educational products depend on Americans using them.

The first thing, for instance, that Terry Freedman (UK) asked me on skype yesterday was “what’s up with DOPA” There are a bunch of other folks (from outside the US) who drop me the occasional line to ask about the status of DOPA and Net Neutrality.

It may not be an issue that people from around the world are completely informed about… but, in my view at least, it’s a huge deal to all of us.

By: Graham Wegner

Graham Wegner — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 10:39:27 +0000

Dave, I’d have to question DOPA even made your list at all, let alone make it to number four. This was a piece of proposed legislation limited to one country, and hardly of significance to anyone online outside of the US. Number nine is nearly as irrelevant except it was quite funny, but I wouldn’t know the Senator from the Prime Minister of New Zealand. If your list is to be meaningful to an international audience, then US localised items aren’t terribly meaningful. But the rest of the list, fantastic! I might even have a go at an Aussie version or my own personal Top 10 – then you can have a good laugh at my ideas.

By: Dave LaMorte from Teaching for the Future

Dave LaMorte from Teaching for the Future — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:10:09 +0000

I think Second Life will be a bigger deal next year and I’m excited to see how people start to really dive into it within a school curriculum.

By: EduBlog Insights » Blog Archive » Edublog Awards 2006

EduBlog Insights » Blog Archive » Edublog Awards 2006 — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 02:22:51 +0000

[...] Now it was fantastic to celebrate this year’s Edublog Awards 2006. I really enjoyed the Annual Edublog Awards event at EdTechTalk this morning. Here are the winners! Jeff Lebow and Dave Cormier were great hosts. Josie Fraser, as always, presented the winners in her own special delightful way. Be sure to check out Dave’s Top 10 news events of the edublog year. [...]

By: Jennifer Maddrell

Jennifer Maddrell — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 17:19:58 +0000

Nice list! Re: 7 – I’m so glad that I no longer have to collaborate alone! It was hard. Thanks to my fellow WorldBridgers & EdTechTalkers!