I think Digg for EduBloggers is a good idea…

Just wanted to throw in my support for Will’s idea of a Digg style news collector for education bloggers.

From the “Throw it Up and See if it Sticks Deptartment” I just put together a Digg-type site over at CrispyNews specifically for those of us who are focused on the Read/Write Web and the implications for education. Here’s how I think you could use it if you bought into it…

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Of course the concept is that we all become the editors of this publication. As we read the stories and believe that they are important, we can increase their ranking among all other stories by clicking the promote button. We set the headlines.

…And to be honest, this is all stemming from a bigger burr in my brain of late that has to do with the seeming randomness of all of the really great work that people in this community are starting to create. It’s just feeling like it’s all over the place, and that if we could in some way get our collective act together, we could start creating an incredibly valuable resource. I know it’s all about small pieces loosely joined, but wouldn’t it be great to point the newcomers to one spot that was a clearinghouse for all of this work? Not to mention the value it would have to us old timers in terms of bringing people in. I mean all of a sudden, it seems like everyone has a wiki, and most all of them have great intent and good content. But there’s also a lot of duplication of effort, and more importantly, dis-connection, at least that what it feels like to me.Am I wrong?

Weblogg-ed » Digg for EdBloggers / Do We Need to Get Our Act Together?

I haven’t used Digg very much, because, frankly, it’s just too much reading. But that’s the reason why this is such a good idea. There are simply too many good education bloggers out there with too many ideas for this slow reader to handle.

So, let’s Digg it.

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