Planning wiki for organizing ideas to support a project in Africa as a result of Sharon Peter's work there this summer through Teachers Without Borders. Want to organize donations of books, XOs, school projects, wikis and blogs to support the teachers there, etc. Open for all to join. Initiated in the WOW2 webcast on 8-19-08

We are organizing a new group of edubloggers and other educators to expand the partnership that Sharon Peters and Konrad Glogowski began in South Africa this summer with Teachers Without Borders. We need lots of volunteers to contribute to the planning and implementation of this. Please join us and share your ideas. We can make a difference and these teachers need our support. Listen to the WIOW2 webcast on EdTechTalk for 8-19-08 to hear more about it.

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