The+Global+Conversation

Educators are faced with a rapidly changing world where information is increasingly online and networked. We are grappling with new ideas and concepts when designing the educational experiences that will serve our students well and enable us to be on the ball professionally. Concepts include the term [|Web 2.0], Thomas Friedman's "[|The Flat World]", and Marc Prensky's metaphor of "[|Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants]."

Blogging options for educators: James Farmer's [|edublogs.org] (Uses the WordPress blog software platform, aimed at educators) [|Blogger] (Easy to set up, can be customised if you know a bit of HTML) [|Wordpress.com] (Official hosted service of the WordPress platform, not just for educators) [|Blogsome] (Another free WordPress host) [|Typepad] (Only a month's free hosting but some educators are prepared to pay for this service) Blogs can be used for many purposes including presentations about blog purposes!!

A Blog based presentation by** **[|Alan Levine,]** **2005.****
 * [|More Than Cat Diaries: Publishing With Weblogs�]