Interesting perspective and questions.

When I was doing some research for sites for our foreign language teachers, I ran across this rich resource which has lists of popular web 2.0 tools in other countries. It was fascinating to explore the different tools, and see what was popular elsewhere, and I thought it’d be exciting to try some of these with our students.

http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_spanish_web_apps.php

I found Sue’s perspective–living in Australia, isolated, and writing for a world audience by default–to be excellent. It’s that perspective that perhaps gives other countries an edge over Americans who are so comfortable just satisfying their own sensibilities. how interesting that a Canadian had to point this out.

;->

Thanks,
Miguel Guhlin
Around the Corner-MGuhlin.net
http://mguhlin.net

It’s true it’s my personal learning that I’m sharing but since I’ve invited the world to participate, I have to think differently about how I write. I think it’s a good thing for us to consider audience. The two groups I’m most concerned about speaking with is non-educators and non-English speaking readers. I realize there may not be much I can do about the latter but it’s too easy to use educational jargon that might omit some from participating. I think it’s fine for bloggers to speak to a niche audience but for me, I do want to reach a more diverse crowd. So much of educational change requires understanding from those in the general public and my belief that life long learning is for everyone should shape my thinking.