Edublogosphere.com, a future centralized back channel?

I got this idea from some tweets last night, specifically from watching budtheteacher backchannel a workshop. It got interesting, especially when D’Arcy Norman backed away due to the high volume of tweets.

What if we had a space to always use as a central back channel? What would this space look like?

What if we collectively create it on a space at www.edublogosphere.com?

I would say it needs a…

1. Chat room that archives chats and makes them searchable

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MPS status under U.S. law called ‘moral issue’

MPS status under U.S. law called 'moral issue' State education chief offers support at forumBy DANI McCLAIN
dmcclain@journalsentinel.comPosted: March 28, 2008

Milwaukee Public Schools' efforts to shed its status as a "district identified for improvement" are locally controlled but closely watched by officials in Madison, the state's education chief told a crowd of around 100 people this week.

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