Tag Archives: blog
Wakelet for student blogs
Wakelet is a versatile tool. Here is my summary of a recommendation I saw on the Ditch the Textbook blog. Jon Fortnoy notes that while older students can have their own Wakelet accounts this is not appropriate for students until … Continue reading
Is the web dead or is it dying
A post with the title “The web is dead” got me thinking about this topic and the arguments made by the author. Of course the author is using the term “web” in a specific way. His reference is to web … Continue reading
Summer teacher blogs
Summer would be a great time for educators to contribute a blog. They could make this a summer blog and declare it as such. If time did not allow during “the season”, they could simply not add posts. A summer … Continue reading
Search blogs
I just read one of those year-end wrapup posts in this case focused on blogging trends in 2018. If you are interested, I provide the link. It was my impression that this survey focused on mostly paid bloggers and the … Continue reading
Is the blog dead?
This post was prompted by a related analysis appearing on the Blue Skunk blog. In his post, Doug Johnson notes that he doesn’t have the readership that he used to have. I guess my experience has been similar. My analysis … Continue reading
Blog Backups
I have made a huge time investment in my blogs. I started blogging in 2002 and have added a couple specialized blogs since that time. This work means a lot to me and like any digital work we generate it … Continue reading
I am part of the .1%
Summary: In most online communities, 90% of users are lurkers who never contribute, 9% of users contribute a little, and 1% of users account for almost all the action. Blogs have even worse participation inequality than is evident in the … Continue reading
RSS Aggregation
I have this eerie feeling that many educators rely on Twitter for the discover process. If the title for this post befuddled you, you are probably one such person. I do think Twitter is a way to discover new resources, … Continue reading
Levels of online social engagement
I encourage your reading of “Micro engagement is killing our edublogging community” from The Curious Creative. The post does a great job of expressing some of the growing frustration I have felt for some time (e.g., Finally, a positive way … Continue reading
Blogging for money
Richard Byrne, the prominent blogger responsible for Free Technology for Teachers, has offered an insightful piece on how bloggers make money. He is one of a category of individuals I categorize as ex-teachers or administrators who are no longer in … Continue reading
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