I am an EduBlogger newbie. But how wonderful it would have been to join in with seasoned and newbie bloggers alike this weekend at EduBoggerCon 2008 in San Antonio (supported by CUE and NECC). I live in Morelia, Mexico, south of the Texas border – perhaps a bit too far south to attend (working in Mexico also means that your paycheck is a little too far south as well). Somehow with the event being practically in Mexico (and indeed Old Mexico), I felt authentically connected, technically and spiritually. But behind this feeling of connection are the educational technology and academic bloggers feeding the EduBloggerCon and NECC events to the rest of the world via Ustream live videos and chat backchannels, Mogulus live broadcasting, Twitter, blogs (loaded with goodies like those of Ian Jukes), podcasts, live blogging with CoverItLive (thanks TechChicks, CoolCatTeacher and others), and the sensational microblogging newcomer, Plurk – where Ginger Lewman set out to prove Plurk as a serious live journalism tool. See my Plurk post for more details on this incredible new Web 2.0 tool that fits so comfortably into the hands of right-brainers like me. Even those not yet quite fond of Plurk were still feeding news, links, schedules, tidbits, and humor to Plurk via multisite forwarding tools like ping.fm. Thanks Mrs Durff! And thanks Lee Kolbert for nudging me back to Plurk after dismissing it so quickly a couple weeks ago.

Thanks Dean Shareski for this video clip.

So close but yet so far, but as close as almost being there. Hats off to all of you that are sharing your learning and expertise and wanderings with the world.

Related Reading:

Almost Live from the Web 2.0 Smackdown
A Bit More Education Techno-Twaddle; Why I Avoid NECC, 2008 Edition