The Digerati are a dispersed tribe, found on all campuses and recognized by burning zeal for the latest developments in emergent and disruptive technologies, many of which are viewed with suspicion --or at least with caution-- by their colleagues. These early adopters are tinkerers and evangelists. They can be found in many places on campuses, exploring innovations that have potentially transformative influence upon teaching and learning. They pay heed to conduits of information that others may not see the point of. They develop and exercise extramural links that are essential to their sanity and productivity, and that ensure a continual flow of inspiration. Individually, they often feel that they are working in a vacuum, that most of their colleagues don't understand their motivations or what they do. They (well, we) desperately need to be better connected to what's happening in similar institutions... [Hugh Blackmer]

I read this as a pretty good description of what the cluster of Webloggers who work in the field of education and learning is doing for me. The educational Blogger Network could really serve the "need to be better connected". Bringing together people who would otherwise "feel that they are working in a vacuum" should be one of our priorities. [Sebastian Fiedler]

AMEN! Lets see what comes out of the Bloggin Chicago with Erin Clerico and Bryan Bell at the National Writing Project's Blog Design Team training today and tomorrow. I can't believe it. Today the training is at Whittier School, where I work, in the heart of the Latino barrio of Pilsen in Chicago. We will be blogging the sessions at the EBN Manila site. http://www.bayareawritingproject.org/eBn/
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