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About Me

I am the Social Learning Consultant for Elluminate/Blackboard Collaborate, founder of the Classroom 2.0 social network, host of the Future of Education interview series, and co-chair of the Global Education Conference (links below). I pioneered the use of social networking in education, particularly for professional development. I blog, speak, and consult on educational technology, I run the Open Source Pavilion and speaker series for the ISTE, CUE, and other edtech shows, and I am the organizer of the annual EduBloggerCon, OpenSourceCon, and the "unplugged" and "bloggers' cafe" areas at both ISTE and CUE. I am also the Emerging Technologies Chair for ISTE, the author of "Educational Networking: The Important Role Web 2.0 Will Play in Education," the recipient of the 2010 Technology in Learning Leadership Award (CUE), and a blogger at www.SteveHargadon.com. I have consulted for PBS, Intel, Ning, Microsoft, KnowledgeWorks Foundation, CoSN, the U.S. State Department, and others on educational technology and specifically on social networking. My wife and I have four children.