Blogging

I am exploring blogging as another means of communications with my fellow teachers.  Rather than having to post documents on my website every time I create a new email about how to do something with computers, I am starting to use a blog.

                I’ll email the information to you, with a link to the blog.  Happily, blogs automatically keep all the previous posts right there, where you can browse through them.  There is even a search function, so you can enter keywords like “excel,” for example, to find all articles about Excel.  This is much less work for me, and it allowing me to explore using a blog at the same time.

                I certainly agree that some blogs are little better than personal diaries, and of little interest to many, but many bloggers provide useful – even critical – information.  I get some of my best information about technology and education from blogs.  I started with a list of blogs from a book I was reading, found a few I liked, and then found other blogs linked to these blogs.  There are now about 8 that I follow all the time relating to education and technology.  I don’t read every word, but often find material that’s useful.  Most can be sent to my email automatically, so the amount of work for me is very small.  Many professional organizations have blogs associated with them, and these are easy to subscribe to.  Try your professional organization’s homepage and search on “blog.”  Not everything will be of interest, but it’s worth exploring.

                If you want to get started with your own blog, please let me know, and I’ll help you get started.  I taught myself how to do it this summer, and it is surprisingly simple.