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Q1
What does the/your edublogsphere look like right now - ethnically, gender, age, race, nationality, religion, subject area, higher-ed vs primary vs secondary, inservice vs. preservice etc.

First group: Jane Krauss, Paul Wood, Heather Piperato, Lovely dancing and introductions :-) Male dominated--international -they're the ones who are getting busy in the blogoshere-younger male - more reform minded

"mines's mixed" Kinda all over - mostly US centered - one end of europe (UK) to other (AU) "my blogoshpere is pretty empty ---but being a former "star trek" junkie - I feel as if I am finally part of a collective

(window analogy) "my blinds are close because I'm hindered by administrative issues" I have opened the drapes but blinds are still closed" "I am less participatory and more lurky" I feel like this is sort of "the cool kids club" and I just sit at the other lunch table and watch - there seems to be a core and then peripherals extending - and I don't know if the "cool kids" are advancing the conversation or limiting it - it makes me think about my own choices and how much responsibility I have in it.

Q2
What would your ideal edublogosphere look like? Colleen King, Dena Wolk, Paul Bogush I can care less what it looks like as long as when I close my computer I still need to think--Ideally just people who make me think I don't care of a person's bio informs me or even if they have one as long as there info is important to my thinking - My ideal would include Estern thinkers and what their doing with math I don't have a blog - this is part of the reason I am here - I would probably want an affinity group who are sharing my same problems - centering around my specific job - grade level etc

I would want to have someone from a primary seondary and college level - content based - more philosophical - and a combination ofthe two - applying the philosophy to the content Great administrative blog Charlie Roy Souly Catholic

Good ideas work on any level The expereince of meeting people face to face when you have already shared their blogspace feels like you can dispense initial meeting/relationship formalities IDEAL: eliminate any POPULAR blogger and just flooded it with people like me -I felt like they stopped making me reflect on myself and instead was all about grandiosity limiting the conversation and not llowing it to filter down to the "regular folks"

Q3
Should your edublogosphere change? If so what would you do to add more voices, make it a more representative place? Nelly Cardinale, Eleanor Schuster Johathan Becker Sylvia Marinez "Im always adding, cause people go away - why would I turn aomoe off when tomorow they might have the answer to my problem/issue I don't trust the machione I want teh human element -0 turn the fire hose on it creTES PATTERNS AND I LEARN FROM OTHER AREAS - SOMETOIMES I DON'T GET IT - SOMETIMES I DON'T CARE BUT IT CREATES A NEW REALM OF THOUGHT ARound my "idea box"

I would like to expand to other countries but I need to have things organized or I feel overwhelmed I'm always adding my ideal is I'm always looking for people who add diversity of thought - people who are going to have different viewpoints than my own the exchanges have to add value to my life - even if it is a different point of view I don't do podcasts- I don't look at photos we have to filter - you get a ot of input when you teach so you may feel the blogoshere can create overload - yet others (consultants, etc) this is there main vehicle for lifelines to conversation etc Read Debbie Meierson and Diane Ravage Bridging Differences (comes via EdUCATIONWeekLY)