Sharing the Benefits of Blogging for Educators

Teaching in a Digital World is a workshop for teachers that I will teach this summer. The themes are creativity, collaboration, communication, and the Common Core. Topics include blogs, wikis, podcasts, augmented reality, SMART Boards, Twitter and other social media. During the next few weeks I will explore ideas about these topics to complement my teaching materials.

Blogging / Phil and Jo Schiffbauer / CC BY 2.0

My discovery of blogs several years ago made a major impact on my teaching and my learning. I will share that with the workshop participants. However, I also want to introduce them to the ideas and experiences of other educators who blog. Educators' use of Twitter for professional development may be new to some of the participants, so I will gently introduce that idea as I share some relevant tweets about blogging.


Following are some educators' tweets that I will use in the workshop.

Blogging is the most powerful professional development experience I have ever had http://t.co/1k8iypgDKz #PLN #CPchat #EdChat #NWP
— Deanna Mascle (@deannamascle) March 9, 2014

@bcrosby @suewaters @murcha post from teacher challenge about connecting parents to blog http://t.co/HMP02bJ2s1
— Sue Wyatt (@tasteach) May 2, 2014

How blogging can help you become a better teacher… http://t.co/r5BFjVYbvV
— Amber Calderon (@AmberCldrn) May 3, 2014

A teacher's perspective: The benefits of blogging and how it enhances parent connections http://t.co/HenHmCNmwG by @pernilleripp
— Tracy Bachellier (@bachtrac) April 29, 2014

"10 things I learned from 10 years of blogging | Teaching the Teacher" good read http://t.co/ux7kSjOHAM
— Mary Bertram (@MLBertram) April 29, 2014

These tweets and the posts they reference should help facilitate some interesting and useful discussions. How do you help other educators discover the benefits of reading blogs and writing and maintaining your own blog?

Getting Ready to Start Up Again!

Brad Flickinger / CC BY 2.0

We continue to find ways to weave technology into our lives... including the teaching and learning process. I enjoy exploring and sharing some of that technology. It is time to share again. I have missed blogging on a regular basis and am looking forward to starting again! (Y6H75C6BCKZD)