Blogging for reflective practice

Why reflect? Standards of the Victorian institute of teaching Professional engagement “Teachers reflect on, evaluate and improve their professional knowledge and practice.”

Standards of the Victorian institute of teaching

Professional engagement

“Teachers reflect on, evaluate and improve their professional knowledge and practice.”

Blogging as reflection Edublogger community models and encourages this Teachers who are passionate about their practice

Edublogger community models and encourages this

Teachers who are passionate about their practice

Building community http://edubloggerworld.ning.com/

http://edubloggerworld.ning.com/

Building a reflective community http://edubloggerworld.ning.com/

http://edubloggerworld.ning.com/

What happens when you start blogging as an educator? Bernie’s blog http://9engf.edublogs.org/2007/08/13/help/

Bernie’s blog

http://9engf.edublogs.org/2007/08/13/help/

Blogging…. another way of learning a different way of thinking

another way of learning

a different way of thinking

Reflection…. Evaluate effectiveness Identify my own learning needs Visualise future ideas Ask for help Keep up with research

Evaluate effectiveness

Identify my own learning needs

Visualise future ideas

Ask for help

Keep up with research

Reflection… A skill for life long learning We model to students what we want them to learn http://theopenclassroom.blogspot.com/2005/12/2005-reflections.html

A skill for life long learning

We model to students what we want them to learn

http://theopenclassroom.blogspot.com/2005/12/2005-reflections.html

Blogs enable… Looking back to where you were The benefits of connecting disparate people Learning from others Articulating beliefs and thoughts Refining these

Looking back to where you were

The benefits of connecting disparate people

Learning from others

Articulating beliefs and thoughts

Refining these

But it’s not just about blogs There’s Twitter Podcasts Wikis Ning Del.icio.us Bloglines

There’s

Twitter

Podcasts

Wikis

Ning

Del.icio.us

Bloglines

These are also about…. Community Reflection Learning Support Collaboration

Community

Reflection

Learning

Support

Collaboration

I heard myself saying… “ I just didn’t know blogging was going to change my life in the way it has”

“ I just didn’t know blogging was going to change my life in the way it has”

But it is not for everyone Uses the intrapersonal intelligence Makes some feel uneasy Some people reflect better in other ways

Uses the intrapersonal intelligence

Makes some feel uneasy

Some people reflect better in other ways

Try it and see My colleague Bernie Calls his blog “From sceptic to ?” http:// rimsitter.blogspot.com

My colleague Bernie

Calls his blog “From sceptic to ?”

http:// rimsitter.blogspot.com