Tag Archives: blog
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
WP to Twitter
WordPress (the software running this blog) is expandable through third-party plugins. For example, I use a plugin to sent a tweet when I post something here. You likely see many others who do a similar thing. Twitter recently changed its … Continue reading
Student blog quality
Very nice post from the Langwitches blog on student blogs. Cindy always said the same thing in a more basic way – why would teachers settle for something in a technology project that would not be acceptable if it were … Continue reading