Webloggers Connect in Atlanta!
Tim and I went across town today to meet with a fellow weblogger, Jim Flowers. We met Jim through Sarah- he’s here in Atlanta as we are but it took Sarah in Vermont to introduce us! Don’t you just love the winding road of weblogs?
We met at the Georgia Centers for Advanced Telecommunications Technology (GCATT). Lisa Griffin, Project Director and Kelly Clark, the Senior Research Analyst were also in the meeting. What a great group and it was wonderful to finally make some connections. They have a proposal in the works, “Increasing IT Capacity of Minority Educators in Georgia” via NECC 2003. The University System of Georgia is partnering with other organizations such as GCATT to identify activities that will assist teachers to more effectively integrate technology in the classroom. A weblog will be developed to be used as a communication vehicle, and will also function as an on-line forum to collaborate on ideas and advance the momentum towards building a K-16 network. Some of our Georgia State University pre-service and in-service educators and faculty will be attending. What a terrific learning opportunity for them! Gosh, I wish I were going. I have attended almost every NECC except for last year and this. Tim is going though so that is good! We had a good discussion and we’re all clearly on the same page with our hopes and aspirations for educators to integrate technology effectively. It’s exciting to see the beginning of a project like this. Tim and I talked about what we had been doing with our weblogs and we hope to help them in whatever way we can. Tim walked them through weblog creation on Manila and they took off! (Georgia Educators & NECC 2003) It’s great to be hosting their site and we look forward to working with them!
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