Some Seats Available In My New Course - Blogging for Teachers and School Leaders

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br/><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdexyYBAYU-DCJzp_VnPbi0q8uO1rzKySRwZLH4ZmMyeQvwb8LndpDq7r-zANZmWtc-jK2tsLnPP51CN8pDTWZbx5eV_BZQcPInKmWFdgups66jLePUj4ARDr9ax7MoO0UaE8Lw0ul60/s200/blog-92132_640.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGdexyYBAYU-DCJzp_VnPbi0q8uO1rzKySRwZLH4ZmMyeQvwb8LndpDq7r-zANZmWtc-jK2tsLnPP51CN8pDTWZbx5eV_BZQcPInKmWFdgups66jLePUj4ARDr9ax7MoO0UaE8Lw0ul60/s200/blog-92132_640.jpg" /></a></div><br/><a href="https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/5112003741434910976" target="_blank">Blogging for Teachers and School Leaders</a> is a new webinar course that I'm offering. The first class meets tomorrow evening at 7pm EST. There are still some seats available.<br/><br/><a href="https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/5112003741434910976" target="_blank">Blogging for Teachers and School Leaders</a> is a three hour, two 90 minute parts, webinar series in which you will discover the many ways that blogs can be used in school and through which you will develop a strategy for using blogs in your school. Blogging for Teachers and School Leaders will also cover the nuts and bolts of how to create, develop, and maintain a blog on Blogger and on WordPress-based platforms like Kidblog and Edublogs. And because we’re talking about blogging in the context of schools, we’ll take a look at common questions about privacy and digital footprints.<br/><br/><i>The cost of this <a href="http://practicaledtech.com/" target="_blank">Practical Ed Tech</a> course is $ 87 per person. <a href="https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/5112003741434910976" target="_blank">Click here</a> to register today. </i><br/><br/><br/><a href="https://attendee.gototraining.com/r/5112003741434910976" target="_blank">Blogging for Teachers and School Leaders</a> is a three hour course divided into two 90 minute sessions. Enrollment in the course is limited to twenty-five people. The course does cost $ 87 per person. Downloadable recordings of each webinar will be available to all participants. Between each meeting participants will be able to participant in a discussion forum to ask questions and exchange ideas. Click here to register today. The course meets May 6 and May 13 at 7pm to 8:30pm EST. <div class="blogger-post-footer"><i>This post originally appeared on <a href="http://freetech4teachers.com/">Free Technology for Teachers</a><br/></i>.<br/><br/>Come learn with me at the <a href="http://practicaledtech.com/2013/04/08/come-to-the-practical-ed-tech-summer-camp/">Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp</a>.<br/><br /></div><div class="feedflare"><br/><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=nplYSYphHyk:pWp7b27xxck:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=nplYSYphHyk:pWp7b27xxck:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=nplYSYphHyk:pWp7b27xxck:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=nplYSYphHyk:pWp7b27xxck:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=nplYSYphHyk:pWp7b27xxck:qj6IDK7rITs"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=nplYSYphHyk:pWp7b27xxck:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=nplYSYphHyk:pWp7b27xxck:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=nplYSYphHyk:pWp7b27xxck:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=nplYSYphHyk:pWp7b27xxck:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=nplYSYphHyk:pWp7b27xxck:I9og5sOYxJI"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=I9og5sOYxJI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=nplYSYphHyk:pWp7b27xxck:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo"></img></a><br/></div><img height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~4/nplYSYphHyk" width="1"/><br/><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~3/nplYSYphHyk/some-seats-available-in-new-course.html" rel="nofollow">Free Technology for Teachers</a>

Some Seats Available In My New Course - Blogging for Teachers and School Leaders

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Persistence- The Key to Successful Classroom Blogging

<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><br/><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevKTVMceqsDoL4RQKGPQSIsGQD4omVOk1grfqvKNoOtL-Iz3t_SXnpGmGbgb7E-YFgdVwU6N0LqYI91d06CWxyj-jQd5lf8Q01IqQ0XS8ygBwjvFX0GhsWE9UXVM7uFS1tGV9cFK_CsQ/s1600/259953_10150289347493162_6906298_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="159" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevKTVMceqsDoL4RQKGPQSIsGQD4omVOk1grfqvKNoOtL-Iz3t_SXnpGmGbgb7E-YFgdVwU6N0LqYI91d06CWxyj-jQd5lf8Q01IqQ0XS8ygBwjvFX0GhsWE9UXVM7uFS1tGV9cFK_CsQ/s1600/259953_10150289347493162_6906298_n.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><br/><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">My mom and brothers in 1990</td></tr><br/></tbody></table><br/>I've been fortunate to have been <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/p/work-with-me.html" target="_blank">invited to speak</a> about blogging at a number of schools and conferences. One of the points that I always try to make in my talks about blogging is "keep blogging even if only your mother is reading your blog." <br/><br/>Teachers (and many others) often give up on blogging because they think that no one is reading their blog posts. It takes persistence to make a blog work if you're the only author. Keep writing even if only one person is reading it. That one person may tell another about your work and then you'll have doubled your readership. But if you stop writing because you think no one is reading then no one will be reading or sharing your blog posts.<br/><br/>To take this idea to classroom blogs remember that it takes time and persistence to get students and their parents to regularly check your classroom blog. These are the pitfalls to avoid that I'll fully admit I fell into the first time I tried to use blogging in my classroom. My first use of a blog was simply to distribute information and have students comment on it. The pitfall here was allowing to students to email comments instead of posting them on the blog when they forgot their log-in credentials. My second use of blogging was having students write reflections of what they had learned during the week. The pitfall here was, again, letting students email their reflections instead of posting them on the blog. The whole point of having the classroom blog was to have students share with each other and comment on their classmates' ideas. When I didn't have the persistence to say, "no, you need to reset your password" then the blogging activity lost its momentum. When I started saying, "no, you need to post to the blog" then my classroom blogging activities became successful. <div class="blogger-post-footer"><br/>Come learn with me at the <a href="http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2013/04/come-relax-and-learn-with-me-this-summer.html/"">Practical Ed Tech Summer Camp.</a> <br/><br/><i>This post originally appeared on <a href="http://freetech4teachers.com/">Free Technology for Teachers</a><br/></i>.</div><div class="feedflare"><br/><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=02CchHtc3QI:-mPIWmBNYxo:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=02CchHtc3QI:-mPIWmBNYxo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=02CchHtc3QI:-mPIWmBNYxo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=02CchHtc3QI:-mPIWmBNYxo:7Q72WNTAKBA"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=7Q72WNTAKBA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=02CchHtc3QI:-mPIWmBNYxo:qj6IDK7rITs"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=02CchHtc3QI:-mPIWmBNYxo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=02CchHtc3QI:-mPIWmBNYxo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=02CchHtc3QI:-mPIWmBNYxo:V_sGLiPBpWU"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?i=02CchHtc3QI:-mPIWmBNYxo:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=02CchHtc3QI:-mPIWmBNYxo:I9og5sOYxJI"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=I9og5sOYxJI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?a=02CchHtc3QI:-mPIWmBNYxo:bcOpcFrp8Mo"><img border="0" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/freetech4teachers/cGEY?d=bcOpcFrp8Mo"></img></a><br/></div><img height="1" src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~4/02CchHtc3QI" width="1"/><br/><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/freetech4teachers/cGEY/~3/02CchHtc3QI/persistent-key-to-successful-classroom.html" rel="nofollow">Free Technology for Teachers</a>

Persistence- The Key to Successful Classroom Blogging

My mom and brothers in 1990 I've been fortunate to have been invited to speak about blogging at a number of schools and conferences. On...

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