1 / 10

Why aren’t you blogging? • I have nothing to say.

Why aren’t you blogging? • I have nothing to say. • Actually you have a lot to say – about your class – about education. • No one cares what I have to say. • I care! So do many other people. • Someone else is already saying it.

hope-gibbs
Download Presentation

Why aren’t you blogging? • I have nothing to say.

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Why aren’t you blogging? • I have nothing to say. • Actually you have a lot to say – about your class – about education. • No one cares what I have to say. • I care! So do many other people. • Someone else is already saying it. • So? You might say it in a different way or emphasize the importance. • It reminds me of the annoying Christmas letter I get from my Aunt every year. • This does not have to be a diary. • I don’t want my info all over the web. • I hate to burst your bubble – but no one is completely off the grid. • It’s too complicated. • Ummmm, do you let your students use this excuse? (and NO! it’s not) • I don’t have time. • Yes, you do. • I don’t know how. • I will show you and help you along the way.

  2. from http://tomwhitby.wordpress.com/

  3. It’s a 3-step process (see, that’s easier than most new things already ) 1. Decide on the purpose for your blog. 2. Choose a platform. 3. Make it a habit.

  4. PURPOSE • to communicate with students and parents • to share ideas and thoughts about education (or something else?) • a place to store information and seek feedback • a place to connect your social media and PLN – a personal home page

  5. PLATFORM There are pros and cons for each platform. You need to “play” with each to see which works for you. They all have great support and videos to help you learn what to do, and if all else fails, ask for help 

  6. HABIT • commit to blogging - once a week? every two days? – commit! • start simple – create your blog and go • remind yourself – create a trigger • it won’t be perfect – but what is that anyway? • get inspired by other bloggers • be consistent – in format, in length, in when you blog

  7. Baby Steps… I you are not feeling confident about blogging yourself, at least start following some blogs so you can see what’s out there. • use a feed reader like Google • subscribe to blogs • join Twitter and follow people there • ask people with similar interests who they follow/read regularly

  8. Some people worth following/reading: Cool Cat Teacher, Vicki Davis http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.ca/ North Vancouver Superintendent, Chris Kennedy http://cultureofyes.ca/ Kent Elementary Principal, Chris Wejr http://chriswejr.com/ Steven Anderson http://blog.web20classroom.org/ Seth Godin http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/

More Related