Tag Archives: Blogging
School’s out Friday
This animation from Guy Collins made me smile. Do you ever have to hold your tongue as you watch people search the net? I know that I’ve spent time with students explaining how to use quotation marks around phrases and … Continue reading
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Meet Cartoon James
The other week, I received an email from James, the brother of a student from my school. James contacted me because his sister Kate had given him some advice about what he needed to do if he wanted to pursue … Continue reading
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Style Rookie – pure genius
Last week I wrote a post detailing my changing thinking about Blogging with students. Andromeda left a comment on that post pointing me towards a blog called Style Rookie. She said this; The author started it two years ago, when … Continue reading
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Blogging with students
A couple of years ago, I wrote a post called ‘Blogs for Classroom use‘. At the time, I’d recently started blogging and I was in the super enthusiastic stage. Evangelic really, convinced that everyone should be doing what I was … Continue reading
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Blogs – how to set one up and write a post that gets you noticed (maybe!)
I created this presentation for Students 2.0. Blogging can be a very powerful tool for young people who want to explore their interests and connect to others with similar bent. All too often I come across student blogs that are … Continue reading
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Blogging – two years in
Today, it’s two years since I first began writing this blog. Quite honestly, writing has changed everything about how I conduct my life. To some extent I’m driven; when you start something and then discover you have an audience, you … Continue reading
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What does free mean?
Free, in terms of this blog, means giving away knowledge. I’m quite comfortable with that, because I think the return I get is worth it. The return is not monetary, it’s a return measured by connections and personal growth. But … Continue reading
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Why blogging matters
I often try to articulate why I think blogging has been such a transformative action for me. Seth Godin and Tom Peters have articulated it brilliantly in 1 minute and 37 seconds. They are both marketers, but what they say is … Continue reading
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Why do we blog?
I’ve mentioned recently that my friend Nina has started writing a blog focusing on the early years classroom. She’s doing amazingly well, but already the questions have started. Why are you doing this? What do you think will come of … Continue reading
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Time to reflect
Funny, isn’t it? You build up to something pretty big in your life and the adrenalin runs high. Event happens – all goes well and you have no need to feel bad about anything BUT…… you feel flat and wasted afterwards. … Continue reading
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