RJ Stangherlin

Keystone Technology Integrator and STAR Discovery Educator

This site is for Mrs. Stangherlin's classes at Salisbury High School.

The World’s Largest Classroom

Cross-posted at Changing Connections.

Welcome to the world’s largest classroom, Oprah’s Web Event featuring Eckhart Tolle‘s best selling book, A New Earth.  Not only does this book have global appeal; it has a global audience.  The numbers are staggering: 136 countries represented with 750,000 tuned in for the world’s largest live web event.  I had to be a part of it, so I joined the Oprah network (free) and reserved my seat for the class.  It’s not too late to join, because there are 9 more classes coming to you at 9:00 PM Eastern, but the doors open at 8:30.  If you missed the first class, you can watch it here.

You really would not need a press release to know that you were part of a world-wide unprecedented event, and that’s really why I joined.  I just did not want to let a ground-breaking technology event of this magnitude pass me by.  The bonus was the book; it either speaks to you--or not.  To me it said volumes about becoming a better person, living in the now, and finding a kind of spirituality.  Although this book may not find an audience in everyone, the event and being a part of it compels me to continue.

The fact that we are participating in this social networking globally, in real time, speaks volumes about the locus of our online culture.  What surprised me about the first meeting was the connectivity; I did not lose my connection until 57 minutes into the program, when the volume of overload had to create glitches for many of us.  But next Monday, I know where I’ll be, tuning in with the rest of the world, having completed my Week 2 homework online, ready to ask my question, if I get a chance.

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