Comments on: How Blogging Connects http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/ Learning with the Read/Write Web Tue, 19 Jul 2011 20:36:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/comment-page-1/#comment-4771 teaching.mrbelshaw.co.uk Sun, 30 Jul 2006 21:23:45 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/#comment-4771 <strong>Weekly Roundup (30 July 2006)...</strong> You’d think that in a week that’s been, globally, one of the hottest - if not the hottest - on record, people would be out enjoying the sun. It would seem that, on the contrary, the sun’s kept people inside blogging away at a very hig... Weekly Roundup (30 July 2006)…

You’d think that in a week that’s been, globally, one of the hottest – if not the hottest – on record, people would be out enjoying the sun. It would seem that, on the contrary, the sun’s kept people inside blogging away at a very hig…

]]> By: Susan http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/comment-page-1/#comment-4725 Susan Thu, 27 Jul 2006 01:18:16 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/#comment-4725 Will, you may feel that the connection is weaker when you don't have the time to read or write blogs, but remember that you personally are already so far ahead of the vast majority that you're not losing the ground that it may feel like. The connection is still there for when you have time to catch up. I actually wonder if blogging is something that only works for people whose brains work a particular way. It clearly works for you and empowers you in an incredible way, but maybe not for everyone. The connectedness part is clearly the key - but what if someone's blog is not widely read and they're not getting many comments? How valuable is their blog to them? What's the point? Can they get just as much out of not having their own personal blog but simply reading and commenting on a variety of other people's blogs? Will,
you may feel that the connection is weaker when you don’t have the time to read or write blogs, but remember that you personally are already so far ahead of the vast majority that you’re not losing the ground that it may feel like. The connection is still there for when you have time to catch up.

I actually wonder if blogging is something that only works for people whose brains work a particular way. It clearly works for you and empowers you in an incredible way, but maybe not for everyone. The connectedness part is clearly the key – but what if someone’s blog is not widely read and they’re not getting many comments? How valuable is their blog to them? What’s the point? Can they get just as much out of not having their own personal blog but simply reading and commenting on a variety of other people’s blogs?

]]> By: Kimberly http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/comment-page-1/#comment-4724 Kimberly Thu, 27 Jul 2006 00:26:01 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/#comment-4724 I agree with Andrew in that during my administrative coursework we had a cohort who progressed through the program together. Our instructor, Janeil Rey, really believed in collaborative learning. I had to think and write about important issues, followed by reflection and discussion. I also enjoyed Janeil's feedback. Sound like blogging? So, I called the Dean of Education at our local university this week to talk about blogging and to suggest that he get his teacher candidates moving in this direction. That would be a great way for our new teachers to key in. I agree with Andrew in that during my administrative coursework we had a cohort who progressed through the program together. Our instructor, Janeil Rey, really believed in collaborative learning. I had to think and write about important issues, followed by reflection and discussion. I also enjoyed Janeil’s feedback. Sound like blogging? So, I called the Dean of Education at our local university this week to talk about blogging and to suggest that he get his teacher candidates moving in this direction. That would be a great way for our new teachers to key in.

]]> By: Andrew Pass http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/comment-page-1/#comment-4723 Andrew Pass Wed, 26 Jul 2006 23:36:45 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/#comment-4723 I couldn't agree more. When I first left grad. school I was upset because I didn't think that I'd have anybody to bounce ideas around with. However, the blogosphere serves as a great community for this purpose. I can only imagine that teachers who blog are better teachers than they would otherwise be, because they develop ideas online and can bring them into the classroom. Wouldn't it be incredible if we could work out a way to get Continuing Education Units for blogging. Andrew Pass http://www.Pass-Ed.com/blogger.html I couldn’t agree more. When I first left grad. school I was upset because I didn’t think that I’d have anybody to bounce ideas around with. However, the blogosphere serves as a great community for this purpose. I can only imagine that teachers who blog are better teachers than they would otherwise be, because they develop ideas online and can bring them into the classroom. Wouldn’t it be incredible if we could work out a way to get Continuing Education Units for blogging.

Andrew Pass
http://www.Pass-Ed.com/blogger.html

]]> By: Gerald http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/comment-page-1/#comment-4717 Gerald Wed, 26 Jul 2006 18:09:52 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/#comment-4717 As I am immersing myself in blogs and wikis and the rest, I find myself having to confront the isolation that seems to go with teaching. Both the good parts (the automony) and the bad (working in a silo). I am trying to use blogging to break this apart. It is great to have partners in doing this. As I am immersing myself in blogs and wikis and the rest, I find myself having to confront the isolation that seems to go with teaching. Both the good parts (the automony) and the bad (working in a silo).

I am trying to use blogging to break this apart. It is great to have partners in doing this.

]]> By: Jennie http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/comment-page-1/#comment-4709 Jennie Wed, 26 Jul 2006 12:41:42 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/#comment-4709 This is so true! And so well written. So much of teaching is a solitary struggle that sometimes it is easy to forget that the community of teachers, and just talking about what we do, can make so much difference in our methods and convictions. It's fantastic, and powerful, that more and more teachers are discovering the web as a way to expand our network of professional connections. <a href="http://unabridgedopinions.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Unabridged Opinions</a> This is so true! And so well written. So much of teaching is a solitary struggle that sometimes it is easy to forget that the community of teachers, and just talking about what we do, can make so much difference in our methods and convictions. It’s fantastic, and powerful, that more and more teachers are discovering the web as a way to expand our network of professional connections.
Unabridged Opinions

]]> By: Kim http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/comment-page-1/#comment-4707 Kim Wed, 26 Jul 2006 11:47:33 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/#comment-4707 Thank you for the encouragement Will. I've tried to express in my posts just how much blogging has helped my own professional "thinking". Writing about difficult situations also helps get the difficult thing out of my head and down in a post so I can stop thinking about it so much. I've never really written other than my professional communications, so maybe I needed to discover this years ago. Hoping to stop over while you're in Ellicottville again next week. Can you write another book that details "how to" answers? Where do I get that info? Hoping to ask you a few questions about the "how to" when I see you. Hey--did you notice I'm getting subscribers?! Thank you for the encouragement Will. I’ve tried to express in my posts just how much blogging has helped my own professional “thinking”. Writing about difficult situations also helps get the difficult thing out of my head and down in a post so I can stop thinking about it so much. I’ve never really written other than my professional communications, so maybe I needed to discover this years ago.

Hoping to stop over while you’re in Ellicottville again next week. Can you write another book that details “how to” answers? Where do I get that info? Hoping to ask you a few questions about the “how to” when I see you. Hey–did you notice I’m getting subscribers?!

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]]> By: Laura http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/comment-page-1/#comment-4702 Laura Wed, 26 Jul 2006 01:18:23 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/how-blogging-connects/#comment-4702 Couldn't have said it better myself! Couldn’t have said it better myself!

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