Comments on: Share Your Blogging Experience & Tips For Participants From Open PD http://suewaters.com/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/ Mon, 15 Mar 2010 05:40:42 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 By: Why Blog? | Erica's blog http://suewaters.com/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/comment-page-1/#comment-1712 Why Blog? | Erica's blog Sat, 24 May 2008 06:49:15 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/#comment-1712 [...] this blog as an assignment, but lo and behold I may have really gotten soemthing out of it! In Share your blog experince bloggers were asked the following [...] [...] this blog as an assignment, but lo and behold I may have really gotten soemthing out of it! In Share your blog experince bloggers were asked the following [...]

]]> By: ericah http://suewaters.com/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/comment-page-1/#comment-1677 ericah Mon, 12 May 2008 14:25:05 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/#comment-1677 thanks for all the tips guys. I am a new blogger, I have only begun back in March as a compulsory uni assignment. Beofre that I had never really heard of blogs, it has been a steep learning curve and words of expericne are always appreciated. check out my blog ericah@edublogs.org thanks for all the tips guys. I am a new blogger, I have only begun back in March as a compulsory uni assignment. Beofre that I had never really heard of blogs, it has been a steep learning curve and words of expericne are always appreciated. check out my blog ericah@edublogs.org

]]> By: Sue Waters http://suewaters.com/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/comment-page-1/#comment-1528 Sue Waters Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:45:24 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/#comment-1528 @Anne Excellent point about getting people to know about your site. As a new blogger people don't know about your blog so joining Classroom 2.0 is a good way about people learning about what you do and a way for people to find your blog. I've tried to add my name to my emails but in Gmail they make it hard. It's really easy to create a cool email signature using MyBlogLog. Regarding search engines the best method of getting picked up is using a variation of key terms within your post - as they search within your body of text. @Bill it's very easy to be infected by the blogging bug. Welcome to Edublogs and if you need any help please don't hesitate to ask. @Anne Excellent point about getting people to know about your site. As a new blogger people don’t know about your blog so joining Classroom 2.0 is a good way about people learning about what you do and a way for people to find your blog. I’ve tried to add my name to my emails but in Gmail they make it hard. It’s really easy to create a cool email signature using MyBlogLog. Regarding search engines the best method of getting picked up is using a variation of key terms within your post – as they search within your body of text.

@Bill it’s very easy to be infected by the blogging bug. Welcome to Edublogs and if you need any help please don’t hesitate to ask.

]]> By: billgx http://suewaters.com/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/comment-page-1/#comment-1527 billgx Sun, 13 Apr 2008 06:07:10 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/#comment-1527 Sue, I have been blogging since April 5, 2008 at http://billgx.edublogs.org/. I have known about blogging for a long time, but was under the impression that the practice was mostly for narcissists and that few people read other people's blogs. Little did I know that I already had been bitten by the bug, I just wasn't using the right medium. I have been writing a weekly column for a local newspaper mostly about technology related topics. My eyes were opened at the South By Southwest Conference, which incidentally I learned about through a podcast that I listen to. http://www.sxsw.com. There I learned about the power of blogging, and decided to give it a shot when I discovered http://www.edublogs.org this month. I was amazed to have nearly 100 people visit my blog within the first few days. I have no idea what my readership in the newspaper is, but I suspect it isn't much beyond that figure. I have learned so much over the past few days and weeks. I can't wait to begin using it as a teaching tool. Sue,

I have been blogging since April 5, 2008 at http://billgx.edublogs.org/.

I have known about blogging for a long time, but was under the impression that the practice was mostly for narcissists and that few people read other people’s blogs.

Little did I know that I already had been bitten by the bug, I just wasn’t using the right medium. I have been writing a weekly column for a local newspaper mostly about technology related topics.

My eyes were opened at the South By Southwest Conference, which incidentally I learned about through a podcast that I listen to. http://www.sxsw.com. There I learned about the power of blogging, and decided to give it a shot when I discovered http://www.edublogs.org this month.

I was amazed to have nearly 100 people visit my blog within the first few days. I have no idea what my readership in the newspaper is, but I suspect it isn’t much beyond that figure.

I have learned so much over the past few days and weeks. I can’t wait to begin using it as a teaching tool.

]]> By: murcha http://suewaters.com/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/comment-page-1/#comment-1522 murcha Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:09:09 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/#comment-1522 oops.... I should have added some more on how to get comments or people reading your blogs, there are a number of wikis (google might find them) where you can add your blog addresses. These exist for individual countries and for global bloggers. Make sure you add tags and categories to all your blog posts so that the search engines can pick up content oops…. I should have added some more on how to get comments or people reading your blogs, there are a number of wikis (google might find them) where you can add your blog addresses. These exist for individual countries and for global bloggers.
Make sure you add tags and categories to all your blog posts so that the search engines can pick up content

]]> By: murcha http://suewaters.com/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/comment-page-1/#comment-1521 murcha Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:03:58 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/#comment-1521 Once blogging is established, it is time to develop a social network, as one of the greatest satisfactions of blogging is finding out there is an authentic audience. Conversations then flow. To establish a social network, my advice (using my experience) is to join www.classroom20.com or other like minded site, where many friends can be made. Make sure your blog url is placed on your about me section. read others blogs and comment on them. The best bloggers will email back with thanks and curious ones will visit your blog and take note join twitter - one of the best ways of establishing a network. You can notify people when you put up a new post. add your url to the bottom of your signatures on all your emails join in global projects where you gain valuable contacts and share blog addresses (eg technospuds, globalschoolnet) etc get your students to comment on your blogs (they enjoy doing that) Once blogging is established, it is time to develop a social network, as one of the greatest satisfactions of blogging is finding out there is an authentic audience. Conversations then flow.
To establish a social network, my advice (using my experience) is to
join http://www.classroom20.com or other like minded site, where many friends can be made. Make sure your blog url is placed on your about me section.
read others blogs and comment on them. The best bloggers will email back with thanks and curious ones will visit your blog and take note
join twitter – one of the best ways of establishing a network. You can notify people when you put up a new post.
add your url to the bottom of your signatures on all your emails
join in global projects where you gain valuable contacts and share blog addresses (eg technospuds, globalschoolnet) etc
get your students to comment on your blogs (they enjoy doing that)

]]> By: Sue Waters http://suewaters.com/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/comment-page-1/#comment-1514 Sue Waters Fri, 11 Apr 2008 07:22:32 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/#comment-1514 @Marie Thanks for taking the time to sharing your blogging tips and experience. I totally agree with you Anne's post on reasons for student to blog is excellent. I especially like your tip #2 "write about something that you are passionate about, that interests you, that you learn about; be yourself." Excellent point about being yourself -- great advice to new bloggers. @Jo I hope you are having a great holiday. Thanks for all the nice words. Also thanks for sharing the link to the SlideShare you created to explain why blog with students -- it's excellent. I'm sorry that issues with your eyes are effecting your vision but it is great news about catching up with people in the UK. @Cory I really like your First Day of Kindergarten blog and loved seeing your photo since I can now visualise you. It will be interesting to see how the students interact with the blogging and if you are able to form a community. I'm assuming that your students are fully online and you don't necessarily meet f2f, if that is the case it must be very challenging. I would love to hear more about how your programs work. @Rob did you say Alaska? That is a far way from anywhere? Hadn't thought of using Tumblr for moblogging -- might have to check it out. @Marie Thanks for taking the time to sharing your blogging tips and experience. I totally agree with you Anne’s post on reasons for student to blog is excellent. I especially like your tip #2 “write about something that you are passionate about, that interests you, that you learn about; be yourself.” Excellent point about being yourself — great advice to new bloggers.

@Jo I hope you are having a great holiday. Thanks for all the nice words. Also thanks for sharing the link to the SlideShare you created to explain why blog with students — it’s excellent. I’m sorry that issues with your eyes are effecting your vision but it is great news about catching up with people in the UK.

@Cory I really like your First Day of Kindergarten blog and loved seeing your photo since I can now visualise you. It will be interesting to see how the students interact with the blogging and if you are able to form a community. I’m assuming that your students are fully online and you don’t necessarily meet f2f, if that is the case it must be very challenging. I would love to hear more about how your programs work.

@Rob did you say Alaska? That is a far way from anywhere? Hadn’t thought of using Tumblr for moblogging — might have to check it out.

]]> By: Rob http://suewaters.com/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/comment-page-1/#comment-1510 Rob Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:36:28 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/#comment-1510 Comment and convo continue here: http://edtechak.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/why-do-you-blog/#comment-14 Comment and convo continue here:

http://edtechak.wordpress.com/2008/04/09/why-do-you-blog/#comment-14

]]> By: Cory Plough http://suewaters.com/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/comment-page-1/#comment-1509 Cory Plough Thu, 10 Apr 2008 15:48:44 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/#comment-1509 I have two main blogs: The Next Step which is my ed/ideas blog http:nextsteped.blogspot.com The First Day of Kindergarten which is my 2.0 Projects blog for students http://mrplough07.blogspot.com/ I started blogging for my students over a year ago and started blogging for myself about 9 months ago. My personal/education/ ideas blog started out as a way for me to get out my frustrations about my charter school and I quickly realized that wasn't going to do anyone any good except for me and moved on. I teach at an ONLINE charter school in which the majority of the teachers do not use any technology besides Office and our CMS. So, I started blogging about my uses of technology and what I was learning online. One of my student blogs is just about Web 2.0 tools. I've created a collection of easy to use tutorials and suggestions for my online students. The kids don't really comment on that blog so there isn't much of a community, its just a resource center for my kids to access when they want to learn a new way to do a project in my courses. I have another student blog that I have set up more as a discussion board, where kids comment in a stream below my post. But I'm having trouble getting more kids to participate and to read the comments of their fellow students. I am teaching a Web 2.0 course next semester in which all of my students will be required to have blogs. Im hoping that I can create a blogging community from that. Blogging allows me to put down my thoughts when I get excited about something. It allows me to share with people who have similar interests as me and that is not always an easy thing to do. One suggestion, find the right platform before you get started. I chose Blogger for my personal blog because I used it for my student project blog. Im not happy with it and want to move my blog to another platform but that sounds scary. BTW, any suggestions out there? CNelson suggested edublogs in OPEN PD yesterday. I have two main blogs:
The Next Step which is my ed/ideas blog
http:nextsteped.blogspot.com
The First Day of Kindergarten which is my 2.0 Projects blog for students http://mrplough07.blogspot.com/

I started blogging for my students over a year ago and started blogging for myself about 9 months ago. My personal/education/ ideas blog started out as a way for me to get out my frustrations about my charter school and I quickly realized that wasn’t going to do anyone any good except for me and moved on. I teach at an ONLINE charter school in which the majority of the teachers do not use any technology besides Office and our CMS. So, I started blogging about my uses of technology and what I was learning online.

One of my student blogs is just about Web 2.0 tools. I’ve created a collection of easy to use tutorials and suggestions for my online students. The kids don’t really comment on that blog so there isn’t much of a community, its just a resource center for my kids to access when they want to learn a new way to do a project in my courses.

I have another student blog that I have set up more as a discussion board, where kids comment in a stream below my post. But I’m having trouble getting more kids to participate and to read the comments of their fellow students.

I am teaching a Web 2.0 course next semester in which all of my students will be required to have blogs. Im hoping that I can create a blogging community from that.

Blogging allows me to put down my thoughts when I get excited about something. It allows me to share with people who have similar interests as me and that is not always an easy thing to do.

One suggestion, find the right platform before you get started. I chose Blogger for my personal blog because I used it for my student project blog. Im not happy with it and want to move my blog to another platform but that sounds scary. BTW, any suggestions out there? CNelson suggested edublogs in OPEN PD yesterday.

]]> By: Jo McLeay http://suewaters.com/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/comment-page-1/#comment-1508 Jo McLeay Thu, 10 Apr 2008 10:38:28 +0000 http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/2008/04/09/share-your-blogging-experience-tips-for-participants-from-open-pd/#comment-1508 Sue, thanks for this invitation. You have written an inspiring post and the comments you have elicited add even more. Yo are so right that the value of blogging is in the conversations and the affordances of blogging lead to greater communication and understanding. When I first started blogging I knew I had to introduce my students to it so I did a presentation on "Why Blog with Students" that is available on Slideshare.net at http://www.slideshare.net/jomcleay/30-8-07blogging-with-students/ Feel free to use it. Right now I am hoping to visit Paul Harrington in Wales if we can work out a meeting time. Blogging is amazing. I also wanted to thank you for your comment. I won't know the prognosis on my eye till I get back. The doctor was hopeful that I could be in remission for a long time, but he said I would always be subject to it. Luckily I can still read but distance vision is a bit compromised atm. Anyway you are doing amazing work and are so inspirational. Thank you. Sue, thanks for this invitation. You have written an inspiring post and the comments you have elicited add even more. Yo are so right that the value of blogging is in the conversations and the affordances of blogging lead to greater communication and understanding. When I first started blogging I knew I had to introduce my students to it so I did a presentation on “Why Blog with Students” that is available on Slideshare.net at http://www.slideshare.net/jomcleay/30-8-07blogging-with-students/
Feel free to use it. Right now I am hoping to visit Paul Harrington in Wales if we can work out a meeting time. Blogging is amazing. I also wanted to thank you for your comment. I won’t know the prognosis on my eye till I get back. The doctor was hopeful that I could be in remission for a long time, but he said I would always be subject to it. Luckily I can still read but distance vision is a bit compromised atm. Anyway you are doing amazing work and are so inspirational. Thank you.

]]>