Don't blog for the sake of blogging!
Why are most of the blogs to my right currently untouched or vacant? Here is my take. A Blog is like a wrench or any other tool in a tool box. I have them, but until I need them, they will stay in the box. And some of those tools... I wouldn't know what to do with even if I did need them. Maybe one of those tools could help me complete a task easier, quicker or with better outcome, but I would need time to learn how to use it. The case with the blogs to the right? You don't use a tool you don't need. I don't say, I'm going to get a hammer and find a reason to use it. I say I need to hang this picture and select the best tool to get the job done. When a teacher says I need to teach my students response to literature and I need to select the best tool, a blog may be one of their choices.
4 comments:
RSS is important to follow weblogs and news. We don't have to worry about if folks are updating on a regular basis, because with RSS the information comes to us.
See this great video:
http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
Best, Mark
Laura, Missed you this week and really sorry to hear about your Dad. My condolences. On subject, I've now got 3 blogs going with comments now from a fellow teacher and a parent. I'm hooked! Just needed a reason to blog. Thanks for the great wiki, too. Very helpful. I'm looking forward to playing with this over the summer.
Mary
I agree with Mary, and over the course of our 4 days last week, I sa w other folks think more about blogging and what they might want to say.
Myself...I'm crawling....
Forgot to add how much I liked the video Mark pointed to. It IS in plain English - a good intro. Lee LeFever also has one for wikis. I added links to both to our eldoradoctap wiki page. Thanks, Mark!!
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