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True to form Jo Kay ( and a number of other key people ) have accomplished no mean feat by hosting the Edublogger awards in JoKaydia today.

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I arose at 6.30am only to find I was 2 hours early. An hour later and I’d played with Ethan, cleaned the car and showered only to find JoKaydia chock-a-block. A number of attempts later and I was in…to the familiar dulcid tones of Josie Fraser, Dave Cormier, James Farmer and a host of other northern hemispherecity.

Last week I watched Jo build an amazing city out pixels and data-bytes and with no one to bump into had a good look around this beautiful space so tastefully decorated with Christmas bumf……ok so I did bump into Ruby Imako…cool name

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This years awards have been met with a great deal of interest and some discussions as to the intent, sustainability and value of pitting bloggers with bloggers. I think the most important part is the recognition that we exist, that of course part of the idea is to sell online learning ware and yes…..there will always be upsets when we create scenarios that perpetuate winners and losers.

One of the biggest awareness raising things for me has been the attitude shift for a certain number of bloggers I read who have abandoned blogrolls for inhouse feedreaders  ( would have thought that this is the best form of recognition blogger/s can receive ), have taken up Facebook with storm and left their own musings to the open web….(dead conversations folks as you fight the widgets )and most importantly have become part of the connectosphere for the sake of being noticed.

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There has been a huge uptake of Ning, recognition of non-english speaking blogosphere’s, transition to bloghuds and a wealth of information coming out about how things are being learned and learnt.

It is important to reflect on how much blogging has changed the world and it is important to recognise those who have made substantial difference in their students lives by enabling learning to become a networked participatory conversation.

This year has demonstrated that there is a begining to new forms of ‘A’ listing ……and thankfully it has nothing to do with who you know rather what you’ve achieved.

Well done all involved. It’s been an interesting showcase for 2008.