Web 2.0 Presentation (Video)

 

My introductory video to Web 2.0 for language learnning

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Transcript

0:15 hello my name is Graham Stanley and I'm

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a teacher of English based in Barcelona

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in

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Spain I'm particularly interested in the

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use of emerging Technologies and

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language learning and what I'm hoping to

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do with this short presentation is to

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introduce some of the tools of the new

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Web

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2.0 and hopefully show you a few

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examples of what can be done to engage

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our 21st century language

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Learners I'll also be taking a quick

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look at the exciting virtual world of

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second life which is buzzing with

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educational activity and full of

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promising possibilities and which some

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commentators have already predicted

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could be the Prototype of what the

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worldwide web may become in the not so

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distant future a three-dimensional web

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or web 3D as some have called

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it but before I move on to the third

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generation of the web what about the

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second generation Web 2.0 as it's been

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labeled well why the

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name what seems to be true is that the

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way in which many people interact with

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the web and what they want from it has

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changed the same is true in education

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with a lot of people so what are these

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new tools and how are they being used by

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language teachers

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a lot of them are transformative tools

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that are being talked about in lots of

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different fields especially where media

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is involved as they're all about making

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it possible for anyone to do at home

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what previously only professionals with

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expensive equipment could

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accomplish this new media is

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transforming the Press radio and

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television and the tools are blogs wikis

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podcasts and video and they're

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particularly useful for publishing

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students work online so let's start by

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having a look at blogs and how they are

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being used in English language teaching

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blogging appeals to language teachers

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because it's a way of opening up the

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classroom walls and showing The Wider

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world what is happening The Wider world

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can mean other students in the class or

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the organization parents other students

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and teachers in other schools and in

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fact anyone with an internet connection

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and an

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interest blogs have been used as ways of

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keeping track of what is happening in

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the classroom posting homework and

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linking to internet resources that are

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relevant to a group of students this is

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the most basic way of using a Blog and

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it's usually run by the classroom

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teacher if however you give each student

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a Blog then you're empowering the

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students and providing a much wider

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audience for anything they write it's

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also easy to connect with teachers doing

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the same thing in other parts of the

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world thus creating a small language

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learning

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community the wiki is the next tool I'd

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like to talk about a Wiki is basically a

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website that can be written to easily by

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a lot of people it's a space where

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content is given priority not design and

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any changes that are made to a page can

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be reversed because the wiki has a

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revision history

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function how are wikis being used by

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language

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teachers well as online classroom web

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pages that can be changed easily by

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teachers and students for classroom

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projects instead of putting students

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work on displays in the classroom

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teachers can pour students work on the

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web and then there are some projects

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such as wikil which allow students from

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all over the world to collaborate

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together about things that they're

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interested in as well as learning a

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language it's a little bit like the

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Project Wikipedia for

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students the last tool I'd like to talk

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about is podcasting which is a way of

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using voice to help students connect to

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others from around the world as well as

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providing lots of different resources

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for students to listen to of

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course podcast appeals to the digital

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natives the students of today and the

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future who think of the web as we the

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digital immigrants might think of a book

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or a telephone tools vital tools for

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getting information or for communicating

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with

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people why use

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podcasts well as there audio and video

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files that can be downloaded and

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listened to wherever you

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want you can take a language lesson with

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you and listen in your lunch hour using

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your mp3 player as many as many times as

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you want and teachers are starting to

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produce podcasts for their students and

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also to share podcasts made by students

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it's another great way of opening up the

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classroom to The Wider World students

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also take greater care of the work that

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they produce when they know there's an

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audience there are lots of directories

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where you can make students work

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available to the world and also get in

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contact with like-minded teachers who

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are running podcasting projects

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communities have practice online are

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probably the best places to get in touch

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with other podcasting classes and this

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way your students can be involved in

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producing exciting Intercultural radio

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shows for example for other students in

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different parts of the world a truly

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motivating

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project when running these projects

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blogs wikis or podcasts it's also very

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easy to show the students by using free

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tools available on the web that there is

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an audience of students and other people

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listening to them and this is extremely

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motivating I'd like to finish off by

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talking a little bit about virtual

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worlds in particular second life for

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many as I said earlier the Prototype of

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what will become the next generation of

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the web or web

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3.0 um is second life it's a virtual

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world where the residents the people who

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live there the avatars in this world

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create just about everything inside

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there and there is a lot of educational

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projects going

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on there are many real life educational

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organizations especially universities

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which have started using Second Life as

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a platform for their students for

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e-learning and they are creating tools

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which can be used for all sorts of

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educational purposes

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including language learning they're

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holding classes for their students

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especially for distant students

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and the platform is being used a lot for

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social networking there are communities

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of practice such as the web heads uh a

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community of Educators from around the

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world who meet together now in the world

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and lots of

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other organizations such as

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this many people think that this kind of

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convergence of the web media's video

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audio

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text and 3D gaming is a very very

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motivating way of educating the future

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generation of

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students who knows it remains to be seen

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but it's very real and it's happening

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now thank you very much everybody I hope

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this has been of interest to you um

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please get in touch if you'd like to

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know more

Second Life Language & Culture Discussion

On Sunday 18th February at 23.30 GMT, there'll be the first synchronous discussion of a new group on 'Languages and Culture in Second Life'.



It's open to anyone who is interested in this subject. Here are the details if you wish to take part:



* Please join the newly formed 'Language and Culture Exchange' group in Second Life



"This group was established to promote language and culture exchange
through the creation of a dynamic language and culture lesson database
and a coordinated learning and exchange program in Second Life. "



* Event to be held at 15.30 SL Time : http://timeanddate.com/s/atb (23.30 GMT)



* Join the Skypecast here:http://tinyurl.com/2rn7gt
Please IM me (Skype ID: eflbridges) if there are any problems joining the Skypecast



* If you'd just like to listen live, you can tune into the stream at Worldbridges
(http://www.worldbridges.com - Sandbox B)



* The discussion will be recorded and made available as a podcast so we'll have a record of what was discussed.



* We'll also be at iMagiLEARNING island in Second Life:
http://slurl.com/secondlife/imagiLEARNING/42/190/21/



Hope to see some of you there!

Wordpress Plugins at Teaching Hacks

Just checked out the Wordpress Plugins Hacks at Teaching Hacks - I have a couple of Wordpress blogs, so this is useful. Thanks to Edublogs, Baldric is able to write about all things Second Life, so I'm sure he'll be thankful of this post (is it odd how I'm starting to think of my Second Life avatar as a separate person?)

The Electronic Village Online 2007

Today is the official start of TESOL's Electronic Village Online (EVO2007) , which is an annual event of free workshops run by volunteers and open to educators from all over the globe. This is my third time as a session moderator - I keep coming back for more!



Proceedings kicked off grandly with a World Bridges webcast, which can be heard at http://webheadsinaction.org/



There are a total of active 13 sessions this year, in what promises to be a fun and lively 6 weeks (The sessions run until February 25th).



Personally, I'm involved in three of the sessions. The Digital Gaming & Language Learning one will be looking at all aspects of gaming and language learning, and includes an optional module focusing on Second Life, which promises to be very active, and we have started a wiki, where most of our collaborative efforts will end up. I'll be moderating this with Nicholas Noakes, who is based in Hong Kong, and Rita Zeinstejer, in Argentina.



I'm also co-moderating the Open Webpublishing EVO session, but not until week 4. Before then, Bee (Barbara Dieu) and Patricia Glogowski will be leading the way, concentrating on blogs, wikis and other non-audio Web 2.0 tools for teachers. The last half of the session will concentrate on podcasting, and I'll be co-moderating that with Nicholas Noakes and Scott Lockman.



Finally, I'm also going to be helping out with the Webcast Academy EVO, which will look at live, interactive webcasting. this is something I'm involved with at EFL Bridges, one of the World Bridges community sites. Jeff Lebow is at the helm of this session, with Vance Stevens, Lee Baber, and other Webcast Academy graduates and internees helping out. The Webheads in Action site will be one of the homes of this EVO, and there is also a Webcast Academy Yahoo Group too.

These are just a few of the sessions that are going on - EVO is always a great meeting of minds and full of people who are very giving and willing to learn from each other - make the most of the opportunity if you think you have time. I'm sure you won't regret it.

Playing with my Wii

I have to be careful who I say that to, or it might be misinterpreted, but we have just got hold of Nintendo's Wii, and after reading about how wonderful the revolutionary control is, and not really understanding, I finally appreciate just how great it is.



We only have the basic game that came with the console (Wii Sports), but it's a hundred times better than the way the Playstation 2 Eye Toy system works as far as recognition goes. It's great fun, and I'm sure it will be a huge success.



But, what about educational uses? Well, there's nothing out there yet that might tempt me to bring it to the classroom (unlike the PS2), but I like the fact that it's nice and light. Can't understand what makes Stephen Downes say that "Stuff like Wii and mobile computing are much more important" (than Second Life). Mobile computing I can understand, but what has he seen in the Wii to make that statement? Or maybe he's just being controversial? He's not really said much about the matter, but I am intrigued as I respect a lot of what he has written about educational technology. I'll be following this one.

One reason why I'm not blogging as much as I used to