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=Welcoming Beginners=


 * Reason:** Could educators in the blogosphere cooperate to share resources and create useful information to facilitate easy integration of beginners into Web 2? Can we create a more welcoming, less intimidating environment to encourage the sharing and use of best practices in education across all disciplines facilitated by new, powerful tools for connecting educators?

General Principles

 * This could be done by using global greeters (to welcome people in.)
 * This could be done through the creation of useful, easy to find resources.

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