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Liquid e-Learning has been nominated in the categories Best Technology Blog/Blogger and Best Specialist Blog for the Irish Blogger Awards along with loads of other great blogs, like http://gadgetrepublic.com/, http://www.web2ireland.org/ and http://podcampireland.com/. I'm really chuffed to be nominated - so thanks!

My Focal an Lae blog over at www.talkirish.com has been nominated for Best Use of the Irish Language in a Blog. I'm really excited about this nomination, because this blog has been consuming me recently. I have to post every day, and it requires the creation and co-ordination of audio, flashcards and text in two languages. It's not just the content side that's time-consuming though. I hadn't anticipated how much time I'd devote to encouraging learners to use their Irish in the comments section.

It surprises me how many learners email me directly to try out their Irish or to ask questions, or just to reach out and say 'wow, I love what you're doing' - but don't use the comments section. I'm not sure why. I guess maybe a lot of the people who are using the service aren't bloggers or blog readers - they're language learners. They're happy to get their content delivered to them via blogging, but they're not yet using blogging tools to interact in the way they could - guess I need to work on encouragement and demonstration!

The blogger awards are being held in Cork Airport on Saturday 21st February. Tickets have long been sold out (and I don't have one), but you can register for the waiting list www.awards.ie. Great people who make great sites make for a really great night. Beg/borrow/steal to be there ;)