Never known to answer a direct question with a direct answer bear with me while I explain why I participate . I am a parent involvement facilitator. I signed up for webcastacademy.net, the internship created to help folks learn how to use the technologies at EdTEehTalk. I have watched EdTEchTalk grow over the past few years but found so few parents using the Internet and I could not see how to find a fit for the parent community and Edtechtalk. Times have changed and more and more parents are using the Internet to connect. So I felt the time had come to use webcasting as a communication and collaboration tool. I was excited to see so many good ideas, a repertoire of screencasts, articles and answers. I soon found a chat world of Skypers standing ready to pick up the slack when my inexperience or exuberance got the best of me. Although I knew a few things about making a podcast, the wealth of information overwhelmed me but at the same time challenged me to try new things. Ustreaming, webcasting, wiki spaces, voice thread and twitter became part of my vocabulary. It has been a big learning curve but I wanted to help parents and teachers take advantage of these tools to improve communications and hopefully build effective partnerships. It has been enlightening working with a group of committed volunteer Webcasters. With their support, I have been able to establish a webcast for teachers and parents working together to support student learning, Parent as Partners. My favourite ETT moment - watching the EdTecTalk folks support Parents as Partners in the chat room. They welcomed the new parents and teachers who had just dropped in for the first time. They invited their comments and immediately started to describe EdTechTalk in a new way. EdTechTalk builds online communities. At last, that is the answer to the questions. Thanks to Jeff and company for creating the vision known as EdTechTalk.