What would we do in this fast-paced, fast changing Web2.0 wonderland if it wasn’t for people sharing? If you’ve been bitten by the wikibug or you’ve been hearing about wikis lately and thought you might want to “dip your toe” into the Web2.0 pool ocean – then this video below is an absolute must for you to see. Yes, it’s 28 minutes long – but believe me – it will be the most informative and motivating 28 minutes that you will have invested today!

I can’t wait to skype with CoolCatTeacher, Vicki Davis – because I want to thank her. Thank her in “skype-person”. I’ve written thank you. (Many times). Now I want to say it to her because skype makes it possible! (The telephone makes it possible too, but that’s not half as much fun!) Even though my students and I have started our wikispace already, We are still picking up tips and tricks and pointers from this teacher. (And it’s incredibly hard to imagine that this video was her second only attempt at making one!) Sharing at it’s finest! I really want to share this video with my colleagues!
Keeping with the sharing theme – (I have to confess I HAVE been a bit slow to catch on here!) Wikispaces are giving away 100,000 spaces to educators – you know that already – but what didn’t register with me, even though I’d looked at the help pages hundreds of times, Wikispaces are giving away free plus spaces for K-12 educators globally – that’s right – anywhere in the world where a teacher is going to use a wikispaces for primary / secondary schools – NO ADS – NO COST! I’ve just asked if our wikispaces can be changed over to the free plus spaces. I can’t believe I missed mis-read that! You can signup here!

Still going with the sharing theme ……. My good friend Simon & I did some sharing. Some sharing of knowledge, encouragement and laughter as we skyped last night whilst editing our skypetalkandwrite wiki. Now that was fun. Simon even had a go at recording it as a podcast.

Still going some more with the sharing ……. I’ve just got off skype-chat after finally connecting with my new online collaborative project partner Ms Cofino. It was so cool to chat and share with another like-minded teacher. I can’t wait to tell me class that we’ve made contact and that during our chat I found out that our whole country has the same amount of people as Ms Corfino’s city! That’s going to blow them away!