I was invited to present a workshop on Writing in a flat world: better blogging through social networking (2 hours) at the TTTT (TESOL Arabia Abu Dhabi chapter Tactile Tasks and Technical Tips 5) at the Petroleum Institute, Abu Dhabi on April 21, 2007 http://ilearn.20m.com/news/newevents.htm . This event was presented in conjunction with the writing course I am giving in Spain this summer for which I started a project with a number of teachers worldwide http://writingmatrix.wikispaces.com, among them Rita Zeinstejer, who assisted from Argentina via Elluminate The recording is here: https://sas.elluminate.com/site/external/launch/play.jnlp?psid=2007-04-21.0050.M.7AE801FFB697DA460D4BF25AA8C21B.vcr. I posted the slides here: http://www.slideshare.net/vances/writing-in-a-flat-world-bettervblogging-through-social-networking/ The workshop covered: How to start a blog How to post to a blog How to edit a post How to TAG a post, and why you should do this How to open a http://www.bloglines.com account, and why you should do this What RSS is, and why it's important How to subscribe to RSS feeds generated by other bloggers How to organize and follow each other's updated blog postings How to open a http://del.icio.us account, and why it's important How to get the del.icio.us browser button and tag sites you visit How to see who's tagged YOUR pages and find other tags they are interested in How to aggregate content using the tags you've placed in your posts