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And the nominations for the 2006 international Edublog Awards are… | The Edublog Awards

Voting is open from now until Midnight GMT Saturday 16 December 2006 – a mere week away. Winners will be announced on Sunday 17 December – more details very shortly!

Gewählt werden kann in den Kategorien (mit hie und da meiner bescheidenen Auswahl):

• Best Audio and/or Visual Blog 2006
• Best Group Blog 2006
• Best Individual Blog 2006 (Christopher D. Sessums, der konsequenter Elgg-Blogger ist. Er mag zwar überrascht sein, sich in dieser Gesellschaft wieder zu finden, aber er steht ihnen in nichts nach, da seine Beiträge immer wieder erfrischend und anregend sind.)
• Most Influental Post, Resource or Presentation 2006 (Terry Freedman et al: Coming of Age)
• Best Library/Librarian Blog 2006 (Hey Jude)
• Best Newcomer 2006
• Best Research Paper 2006(Martin Owen et al: Social software and learning)
• Best Teacher Blog 2006(Borderland)
• Best Undergraduate Blog 2006
• Best Wiki 2006 ( David Warlick’s CoLearners Wiki), der double honored war.

[Vor einem Jahr war für die Nominierung die Rede von "Non-English language edublog participation" oder "Women’s edublog participation". War für sub-committees niemand zu finden oder hab' ich etwas übersehen?] Immerhin, George Siemens meint

It's an exciting time for new voices to be added to the global conversation. And yet, it feels like our small edublogger town (where everyone knows everyone) is becoming a small city - where relationships begin to cluster in smaller networks, instead of one large structure.

Wo ich schon mal dabei bin, noch ein Zitat , diesmal von Anne Davis, einer Gewinnerin von 2005:

I say to all edubloggers worldwide keep up the great work you are doing in your quest to make a difference with your students and to promote needed changes in our educational system.

Nachtrag - 2006-12-12: Will Richardson betrachtet die Entwicklung seit 2001 und macht sich Gedanken über Gegenwart und Zukunft, in der die Netze kleiner und effektiver werden (wie auch G. Siemens bereits beobachtete).

I think, to the ways in which the community is beginning to really get some traction. (...) I’m feeling compelled to blog less and write more. I know I’ve said this before, but as heady as all of these new voices in our community feel, we are still a decidedly small minority in the grand scheme of education. And I have to say that in many ways, while the community is growing, the conversation feels stalled. To me, we are on the cusp of a huge opportunity for real reform, but it’s not going to come online. It’s going to come in print, through writing articles and writing books, and finding ways to present a vibrant alternative to teachers who aren’t online, to preservice programs who are preparing the next generation of teachers, to the local community leaders who don’t have a context for change, and to politicians who really don’t have a clue as to the complexities of these changes and what they mean for education.

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