By Barbara Dieu · December 07, 2005
It is very gratifying to know other people value our work and engagement in intercultural communication and webpublishing and we are honoured to have been mentioned in the Edublog list. We would like to thank all those who have nominated us for the Best Group Blog category in the Edublog Awards 2005 and cast their vote.
However, we feel recognition and support mean a lot more than an indication in a shortlist and the vote for a superlative. While nominations and popularity contests may highlight and unveil a few names and quality work to the community, the real award for educators is what comes from sustained conversation, spontaneous collaboration and connection among peers, when the diverse ideas that have been put forward are reflected upon, discussed, complemented and allowed to germinate in each one´s daily pedagogical practice.
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Anne Davis
wrote on December 07, 2005:
Well said, Bee! I am still amazed daily by the ideas, connections, conversations and learning that occurs. It is inspiring. My congratulations to you, Aaron, and Rudolf!
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Nate Lowell
wrote on December 18, 2005:
Congrats!! And to think I knew y’all before you were famous! :D
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Bee
wrote on December 19, 2005:
Good to see you around, Nate and thanks. We have just learnt about the results . It is fun and a thrill to momentarily flirt with fame. Yet, we realize she is a fickle mistress who lures you on stage and just leaves you there parading and performing in frozen isolation.
All is ephemeral — fame and the famous (Marcus Aurelius Antoninus), so let’s not court fame but celebrate friendships, life and learning, let’s introduce and connect dancers and musicians, improvise, pulsate to the different rhythms and music, lead, follow and learn from all the partners in the ballroom.
Will you and your students give us the pleasure of a P2P exchange in 2006?
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