February 27, 2008 – Silence and Voice

Just installed TwitterFox. Anybody ever use it? #
Listening to Medieval Music, Ensamble Alcatraz, while writing my Northern Voice debrief post. #
@injenuity You just changed your Twitter pic! #
@leelefever You sound like you are having too much fun to get paid for it! #
@_Yarbo_ You tag Fllickr photos so people can search based on tags, as they may on a blog as well. #
@_Yarbo_ Tagging is also another way people can group tagged (similar) photos with an rss feed as well. #
@_Yarbo_ For example, the RSS for Flickr pics tagged nv08 is http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/nv08/ #
Ensemble Alcatraz with Kitka’s "Quantas Sabedes Amare Amigo," a favorite of mine. #
@NancyWhite What is FriendFeed? It looks interesting. #
I just listened to Chris Heuer’s interview of me while at Northern Voice http://tinyurl.com/353z55 #
It is almost noon already and I have meetings all afternoon. How did I work before I used Outlook for scheduling? #
@_Yarbo_ I hope it is not the Northern Voice plague!!!!!! #
@fncll Ouch, nothing like a down-to-reality moment after a retreat. #
@fncll I find the adjustment tough, and am now consciously trying to connect more via social media (Twitter and replying to blog posts). #
Just noticed the "Reply to . . ." arrow in Twitter next to contact names. Has that always been there? #
@funnymonkey Instead of a summary post, perhaps we should think of it as a Next Steps post? #
@injenuity How is the house? How ’bout your baby? #
@aidanhenry Hang in there and try not to overdo it. #
@funnymonkey Good. After all, what is the point of a summary if not pointing to a next step? I suppose it depends on the emphasis. #
@pinoyboy You are Canadian? From where in Canada? #
@injenuity Good on all counts. Is it a go? #
@pinoyboy Nevertheless, from a US perspective it still sounds exotic and rugged. #
@injenuity How long has the reply link been here? #
@dmcordell How much snow do you have right now? #
@pinoyboy I always lived in NY but never went to Canada until a friend moved there a few years back. Seemed so far away before. #
@injenuity That already seems like an interesting position you will hire. #
@jimgroom Glad to see your Tweets now! #
@jimgroom No walled gardens, ehh? #
@jimgroom Twitter was starting to be popular at NV last year, and has only seemed to grow in popularity. #
Going to a meeting to discuss health literacy. #

So, Northern Voice is finished. What to do with it now?

I think I will let my blogging tagline guide me for my next step as I begin my debrief:

Reflective practice in organizational learning, educational technology, and postmodern society.

Reflective Practice

I want, or rather need, to continue to reflect on my experiences. This reflection is critical to my learning. Writing new blog posts after having liveblogged every session I attended at nv08, Tweeting, and reviewing my Flickr photos to help me recall forgotten moments are all conscious choices I am making to foster my own grounding and creative development. So much content and experiences and learning so quickly was overwhelming. Strange how writing, even here, helps me to process it all.

Organizational Learning

I did not attend nv08 alone. I started to read more blogs and Tweets of people who I knew before the conference, as well as people I met while there. My FeedDemon feeds (kept current on my blog) have been working overtime, and I think that I will be adding to these in the coming week or so as I recall people who I wanted to follow but did not add them at the time.

Educational Technology

I learned edubloggers are more varied than I initially thought. For many years when I thought about edubloggers, K-12 jumped to my mind. Having met so many who teach adults, I felt more at home than I thought I would. I am actively demonstrating what I am learning via technology by committing to more actively comment than I have done in the past. I want to read and join in a community with others who have similar interests and skills and experiences and challenges. As writing helps me to learn, perhaps sharing this with others on their own social media outlets may engage others in conversation and continue the learning in new and exciting directions.

Postmodern Society

Is there a common Northern Voice attendee? Is there a common worldview there? Platform? Favorite technology? Coolest accessible app? Best approach to social media? What does it mean to have a “personal blogging and social media” conference in person at all, given the topic? Should there be a virtual conference mid-year to debrief, check-in, and prepare for the February event?

It feels liberating to consider NV within the context of my blog’s tagline. Hey, if it does not fit there, then the tagline needs to evolve. Glad to see the revised (current) one I developed a few weeks ago, after working on it for weeks, seems to be just right. For now, at least.

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Day: February 27, 2008

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