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Yep, writing is "not as rich as the live connection between us" (for good neurobiological reasons), shouldn't/won't ever replace it. But it isn't too be ignored either, as an addition to "live connection". It gives us what we never had before, an ability to contribute meaningfully to wider conversation, locally, nationally, and internationally (see Serendip's Evolving Web Principles). And that's something very useful, context setting, both for ourselves and our students.