This week’s topic for discussion is “Finding your voice within the edublogosphere.” While I was tempted to write about how I plan to become a famous (and rich!) blogger, I thought better of this. I’m sure you are all disappointed!
Seriously, as I was trying to think of an inquiry question for this topic, I was [...]
Finding My Voice Within the Edublogosphere
December 20th, 2008 · 3 Comments
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Simple to Real to Complex Blogging
December 20th, 2008 · No Comments
I am asked: Will Richardson talks about the progression that bloggers go through from simple to real to complex blogging. What does this mean to you given your own recent journey into the blogosphere?
There is no doubt in my mind that I have written some blogs posts that might be considered true blogging, as Richardson [...]
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Are We There Yet? Finishing EDES 501
December 7th, 2008 · 3 Comments
Are We There Yet?
It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end. — Ursula K. LeGuin
So I’m almost finished the course, and it has been the most difficult course I’ve ever done. It’s also been the most exciting and immediately useful course I’ve done [...]
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Blogs for Professional Development – The Willow
November 23rd, 2008 · 3 Comments
Last week we arrived home late in the afternoon after a brief rain storm, and as we got out of the car we saw our willow tree bathed in gold. My husband dashed in the house to get his camera, and took a dozen shots of it.
This beautiful tree is old, much older than our [...]
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Personalize Your Overload: RSS and Blog Aggregators
November 16th, 2008 · 2 Comments
As I was thinking about this week’s post on using RSS feeds and aggregators, I kept coming back to the same idea: information overload. Since I first investigated using RSS feeds early in October, and then began using Diigo, I have become more efficient in terms of finding and storing information. I still experience overload. [...]
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