Will Richardson part of a panel presentation at the 2006 Milken Global Conference

Will gave a very powerful speech at the Milken Global Conference. It was very professional, yet appealed to the family man. A great thing he mentioned is that we "have control over our learning." He says "in ways we never had before" which suggests we truly are doing revolutionary things. This presents teachers and students with very powerful opportunities, potenial for great things. They are a great way to connect to people and ideas. He stressses that they are not online journals. These blogs and other feeds are learning spaces. These things can lead to something better. A better way of learning and interacting. On many levels these are intellectual engagements.
I feel like this is our generations thing. This is it, blogs and wiki's. Throughout time there have been different forms of transfering communication. And as we evolve they become more effective. There was a time where a message would have to be run from place to place, then much later we evolved a mail system, and a telephone, and fax machine (a mojo), we got e-mail, and then im, and now the mail form of communication to the masses is blogging. The thing about blogging is that it transcends all those other forms of communication. It truly is for the masses, Millions of people can respond and create. It is an essential place to learn and expand ourselves.