tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post6383766291973818497..comments2024-02-14T22:50:48.749+10:30Comments on Bill Kerr: conversation and expertise in a flat but wrinkled worldBill Kerrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00206808014093631762noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29868932.post-58189112507824287712007-07-29T20:54:00.000+09:302007-07-29T20:54:00.000+09:30I for one am glad that you have taken the time to ...I for one am glad that you have taken the time to expand your thoughts here in this post. Judging by the comments (or lack thereof) it obviously pays to be controversial or unintentionally offensive to get people responding which is a shame. Leigh has at least highlighted this post on his blog - does Blogger give you trackbacks? Your point about expertise is important and perhaps I do need to expand on what that word means to me on my blog sometime because it could well be a different twist on what your thoughts are. For me, as a primary school educator, never before have I had the opportunity to look over the virtual shoulder of teachers who I consider to be exceptional and have them explain in words what they were doing and what their intent with their students was. That has helped me to reconsider what I do in my classroom - sometimes, it has been confirming of what I already did or their ideas have given me new paths to follow. If "expertise" is what I bring daily to my job working with kids and teachers in terms of skills, initiatives, directions etc., then yes, Web 2.0 has enhanced and improved that expertise. You tend to look broader than just the education sphere so there are issues you are seeing I am not aware of, but being connected to a network means I can benefit from your web meanderings.Graham Wegnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17303319509348129453noreply@blogger.com