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Jessica Balsley K-5 Art Educator, Ankeny, IA Art Department Facilitator

Jessica Balsley K-5 Art Educator, Ankeny, IA Art Department Facilitator Founder, The Art of Education. What are blogs ?. A blog is like an online journal, a place for anyone to share his or her thoughts with the world wide web. Why I started a blog.

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Jessica Balsley K-5 Art Educator, Ankeny, IA Art Department Facilitator

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  1. Jessica Balsley K-5 Art Educator, Ankeny, IA Art Department Facilitator Founder, The Art of Education

  2. What are blogs? • A blog is like an online journal, a place for anyone to share his or her thoughts with the world wide web.

  3. Why I started a blog

  4. “When teachers participate in traditional staff development their attendance does not ensure their learning.  What they learn may not be meaningfully applied in their classroom practice” (Scanlon, Gallego, Duran, Reyes, 2005). “….current work suggest arts teachers should be given the opportunities to participate in learning experiences that address specific arts-centered issues” (Lind, 2007, p.3).  “The teachers truly treasured the opportunity to collaborate with other teachers in the same discipline.  The arts teachers had a shared set of ideas and a vocabulary that allowed them to understand one another (Lind, 2007,p. 8).

  5. Static Pages

  6. Posts

  7. A few of my favorites!

  8. So many blogs… so little time!

  9. Follow 100 Art Ed Blogs and Stay Sane with Google Reader Watch out for Information Overload!

  10. Creating your own Blog • What is the purpose of your blog? • What will you provide to readers? •  Who is your audience? •  How will your blog help you become a better educator?

  11. Creating a Post is easy!

  12. Blog Extras- Widgets

  13. Behind the Scenes

  14. Getting readers to your blog

  15. 8 Tips to gain readership • Comment and view other blogs • Feature and refer to other blogs on your site • Share your link with parents, teachers, put in your email signature and newsletter • Add yourself to blogdirectories • Generate good content • Consistent Posts • Be yourself and be patient! • Don’t be afraid to have an opinion!....

  16. Attention Getting Posts

  17. Making time for blogging

  18. Tips to make time for blogging • Pre-Schedule Posts • Make a goal for yourself for x amount of posts per week • Post about what you are feeling right now or what you are interested in right now • Make it fun not a chore • Short posts are ok!

  19. What blogging has done for me… • Passion • Fun • Connections • Professionalism • Fights Burn Out • Reflective Teaching

  20. QUESTIONS? COMMENTS?

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