blogging as professional learning Graham Wegner 2007

professional dialogue opportunities conferences staffroom learning teams www.flickr.com/photos/33917177@N00/93877390

recurring problems lack of time limited choice locked into traditional delivery modes www.flickr.com/photos/33917177@N00/93877390 www.flickr.com/photos/33917177@N00/93877390

what if? www.flickr.com/photos/42788859@N00/318947873

you could access other people’s classroom practices have other educators suggest resources and offer advice network with educators worldwide http://www.mrmeyer.com/blog/

you could notice new and emerging trends hold exploratory discussions of ideas without the constraints of time and cost http://www.mrmeyer.com/blog/

create your own blogging network 21 st century professional learning http://www.flickr.com/photos/35468148654@N01/291537716

heard of this stuff? Web 2.0 (read/write web) the “Flat World” “ Digital Natives” and “Digital Immigrants.” lifelong learning exponential change http://www.flickr.com/photos/bmh4you/84179796/

some people think blogging is this but it's not http://www.flickr.com/photos/35468141938@N01/10404265

A blog based presentation by Alan Levine , 2005. More Than Just Cat Diaries

let's start with a personal story August, 2005

discovering edublogging Steve Dembo David Warlick Will Richardson

growing my own edublogging network reading posts following links and blogrolls public Bloglines accounts

blogging starts as a solo activity be patient http://www.flickr.com/photos/leighblackall/180284466/

writing on my blog my work ideas about education notes from T&D sessions & conferences initiatives and projects responding to other bloggers

commenting on other people's blogs offer insight build on their ideas share your experience challenge with tact point to useful resources

meanwhile back at the blog comments slowly add to the conversation

commenting tips add to the conversation feel free to disagree (politely) learn some basic HTML to add links encourage newcomers with comments don’t be afraid to comment on your comments!

which leads to this Christian Long think:lab

connect to classroom teachers education experts administrators and policy makers visionaries and radicals

potential grassroots influence sharing resources and ideas open educators just-in-time Professional Learning www.flickr.com/photos/51035690764@N01/13471256