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Collaboration of the Edublogosphere There are several educators that contribute to the vast wealth of knowledge about the impact of technology on education. These influential educators speak at conferences, podcast, write books, and post to their blogs. When one becomes a regular reader of these bloggers, we see "conversations" as they themselves engage in professional development by being informed about trends, news and events, and strategies to bring best practices to the classroom. Some of the most influential blogs include: 2 Cents Worth - David Warlick, Fischbowl - Karl Fisch, and Dangerously Irrelevant - Scott McLeod.

The Power of Web 2.0 to Influence Educators From the "Shift Happens" video from Karl Fisch and Scott McLeod which has been seen well over 1 million times, to social bookmarking, wikis, and social networking to facilitate collaboration. There are valuable ways to use the technology to organize the information so that one can really focus on "Intentional Research and Development" and lead others to understanding.

=Big 3= Vicki Davis (coolcatteacher) encouraged those at her workshops find three things that can make a difference immediately. When attending a conference as exciting and overwhelming as IL-TCE, compile thee things that you learned and want to implement right away from each of the sessions.

=Intentional R&D= Organize resources and articles in a way that you can quickly go back and take a look at a later time. When you have 5 minutes to spare, skim an article that you've downloaded, or take a look at a resource that's been sent to you. Before you know it, you've spend a couple of hours on a task that can be valuable professional development.