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#classblogs
Recently I have written a number of posts about class blogging and have begun using one again in our classroom. One of the things that I wrote about in my previous post is how useful it is to keep tabs...
View Article45+ Ideas For Class Blog Posts
Share a photograph of your classroom. Explain about the different parts of it and how it is being used. Invite other teachers and classes to write a similar blog post explaining about their classroom....
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Posting from Create-a-Graph to a Posterous Blog (and Blogger too)
One of the nice features of the Create-a-Graph site from the NCES is the ability to email the completed chart. In the past I have used this when working with Google Apps for Edu – the children handed...
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20+ Classroom Blogs to Enjoy
I spent today working with staff at Christ Church Primary School in Brixton, South London – and we were predominantly talking about the use of classroom blogging to support learning. During the day I...
View ArticleUnstoppable Creators and Powerful Thinkers
This is one of the finest descriptions of a class blog I have ever come across: Welcome to 1JR’s class blog. We are a class of ground breaking inventors, unstoppable creators and powerful thinkers. We...
View Article63 Interesting Ideas for Class Blog Posts to Support Learning
I have always enjoyed supporting classroom blogging and encouraging teacher networks to share and visit each other’s work. Blogging was the social media platform that completely changed the way I...
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8 Reasons You Should Have A Professional Blog
The way we share our thinking and reflections nowadays has burgeoned with so many different creative platforms. Blogging is one of the original social networks and has been a cornerstone in my...
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The Future of #28daysofwriting – your ideas wanted
Fast forward another 22 days and we will be looking back on a solid month of writing, giving out fingers a well earned rest and wondering how we made it through. But what comes next. I started the idea...
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500 Not Out
This is my 500th blog post. I am not one for milestones but this digital space has been close to my heart ever since I started. It has contributed in so many different ways to where I am today. So I...
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Thinking about writing about Thinking
As we hit the midway point of this journey of a full month of blogging everyday, (#28daysofwriting) I am just looking back on where I started and some of the challenges that I faced establishing a...
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Micro Engagement is Killing Our Edublogging Community
One of the elements I have noticed that has changed in out edublogging community is the number of comments that are added to blog posts. The lack of discussion and further conversation is something I...
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Replying to Comments for Day 17
The more I think about what is next for #28daysofwriting the more I think it will be about commenting on blogs. Tonight I enjoyed the rare pleasure of replying to some on my own blog post from...
View ArticleSign up for #28daysofwriting in MARCH + check out #28daysofcommenting
Blogging and commenting are like Luke and Leia Skywalker. Blogging comes first (like Luke did – they are twins y’know) but commenting and discussion makes everything better (much like Leia’s influence)...
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My Reflection on #28daysofwriting
It was in about early January when I began to mull over the idea of getting back into a writing habit. I wanted to renew the discussion and connectedness I enjoyed through my blog and get myself...
View ArticleWriting as a way to process our experience
Despite over a decade of enthusiasm for blogging I realise that writing is not for everyone – but reflecting on our craft should be. Writing about my reflections forces me to make sense of my ideas....
View ArticleHas the meaning of “blog post” changed?
Naturally these types of intense periods of blogging attract some discussion about the relevance of the blogging format. As well as the habit forming / repelling nature of writing every day for 28...
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Replying to Comments for Day 17
The more I think about what is next for #28daysofwriting the more I think it will be about commenting on blogs. Tonight I enjoyed the rare pleasure of replying to some on my own blog post from...
View ArticleSign up for March #28daysofwriting
Blogging and commenting are like Luke and Leia Skywalker. Blogging comes first (like Luke did – they are twins y’know) but commenting and discussion makes everything better (much like Leia’s influence)...
View ArticleMy Reflection on #28daysofwriting
It was in about early January when I began to mull over the idea of getting back into a writing habit. I wanted to renew the discussion and connectedness I enjoyed through my blog and get myself...
View ArticleWriting as a way to process our experience
Despite over a decade of enthusiasm for blogging I realise that writing is not for everyone – but reflecting on our craft should be. Writing about my reflections forces me to make sense of my ideas....
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