You use the term “honor” far too liberally, I was there simply because I yell louder than the people who are really doing the hard work. But, as usual, that becomes apparent at events like blogfesores, particularly the forum, when everyone can voice their questions, issues, and ideas. That to me is the vibrant backbone of this space, and I have been struggling with the idea of identity in this space. Because I’d hate to see it go the way of the micro-celebrity and see the very idea of community that has been emerging online be shattered by the potential for visibility and acclaim for a few. That’s what’s crazy about this space, we’re all doing it, it’s not particular or specific to anyone person, and no idea is solely born of the one great thinker in edtech, it is a distributed space where the ideas are being freely shared and built on, no one should be excluded if they act in good faith, what ever that means. And I certainly don’t always act in good faith because like everyone, we’re just people and we are flawed. Progress is a myth. But the act of coming together and thinking about this stuff is what makes all the uncertainties and failures tolerable, so thank you.

@nycrican2,
Yeah, Puerto Rico is beautiful, and the people there were extremely warm and generous with this gringo. I also love the Wikipedia example, and I think that stands, at least for me, as one of the best testaments to using the free and open space of the web to build on collective knowledge and illustrate that knowledge formation is a public and open struggle over ideas. Wikipedia exemplifies this like no other tool can, and what Jon Beasley-Murray did with it is nothing short of amazing. Issue is, so few professors have followed his important lead.

Glad you followed Serena, she will not disappoint, and thanks for the comment—it was nice connecting with you more closely through my Puerto Rico trip, if only by Twitter and the blog

Thanks so much for posting your presentation online. Just love Puerto Rico and wish I could have attended this conference.

P.S. I also just subscribed to Serena Epstein’s blog.

Thanks a lot for mentioning my and my blog on your post. It’s a honor to read my name in your blog and it was and honor to know you. Educators inmerse in the technology and using tools already available for free in the web is what all this is about. I hope we can shake hands again in future events.

From Puerto Rico,

Radamés
Prisma Digital