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Blogs everywhere! easy chronological conversational

easy

chronological

conversational

Why? free/cheap, easy to set up easy to use everyone can talk! comments

free/cheap, easy to set up

easy to use

everyone can talk!

comments

Comments! Conversations! easy to respond motivation for author public response public conversation relationships networking TWO-WAY humanisation...

easy to respond

motivation for author

public response

public conversation

relationships

networking

Public speech for all can't control the internet people will express themselves, with huge potential audiences communication can't be controlled the way it used to be redistribution of power

can't control the internet

people will express themselves, with huge potential audiences

communication can't be controlled the way it used to be

redistribution of power

PARADIGM SHIFT Welcome to the conversational era... Sarkozy @ LeWeb3 Dean Campaign Kryptonite M.E.L. ...

Welcome to the conversational era...

Sarkozy @ LeWeb3

Dean Campaign

Kryptonite

M.E.L.

...

Sarkozy @ LeWeb3

Learning? In schools moving away from « teacher knows all, student listens » teaching model learning from experiences, often with peers construction of knowledge, not transmission student taking charge of learning INTERACTION

In schools

moving away from « teacher knows all, student listens » teaching model

learning from experiences, often with peers

construction of knowledge, not transmission

student taking charge of learning

Life is learning learn new skills improve existing skills doesn't stop with school!

learn new skills

improve existing skills

Blogs for learning? conversational, dialogue permanent record things learnt previously progress record backup brain personal and public (private discussions benefit all) easy/free asynchronous and non-spatial NETWORK LEARNING

conversational, dialogue

permanent record

things learnt previously

progress record

backup brain

personal and public (private discussions benefit all)

easy/free

asynchronous and non-spatial

Ideas problem solving gathering feedback class/course blog sharing best practices ...

problem solving

gathering feedback

class/course blog

sharing best practices

...

Technology Produce content blog tool video/audio Find and consume RSS search/tags/keywords Conversation permalinks/links comments/trackbacks

Produce content

blog tool

video/audio

Find and consume

RSS

search/tags/keywords

Conversation

permalinks/links

comments/trackbacks

Wrap-up learning is everywhere blogs: conversational, permanent, networked ! part of the solution ! other tools

learning is everywhere

blogs: conversational, permanent, networked

! part of the solution

! other tools

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