Week of December 14 - December 20, 2008

Merry Holidays EdTechTalkers!

The 2008 Edublog Awards Ceremony takes place on Jokaydia Island in Second Life this evening, Saturday December 20, 2008, at http://slurl.com/secondlife/jokaydia/105/161/23 . To tune into the awards ceremony go to http://edtechtalk.com/live where all the information for joining either in Second Life or at EdTechTalk are posted.  Josie Frasier, one of the presenters, has a wonderful post about the ceremony at http://fraser.typepad.com/socialtech/2008/12/edublog-awards-2008.html where she indicates that the ceremony begins at

  • GMT/UTC: 11pm, Saturday 20 Dec 2008
  • AEST: 10am, Sunday 21 Dec 2008
  • SLT: 3pm, Saturday 20 Dec 2008

There is also a beach party reception following the awards ceremony itself. Don't miss all the fun this evening where you can hear our own Jeff Lebow and Dave Cormier as presenters for these awards. Voting is still open at  http://edublogawards.com/2008/

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