Should Teachers Blog?
by theo kuechel
1. students analysing their internet identity as a game
2. For the good of others?
3. Theo
3.1. Teachers should be blogging
3.1.1. Reflections
3.1.2. Things you've discovered
3.1.3. Tips for the classroom
3.1.4. The bigger picture
4. Teachers extending their audience
4.1. School trips
4.2. Staying in touch
5. Internal use of blogs as a communication tool
5.1. Useful to keep blogs private until everyone is competent
5.2. New node
6. Teachers fears
6.1. -public or private- do we have control
6.2. Putting disclaimers on your blog
6.2.1. Speaking personally
6.2.2. Talking about your institution
6.2.3. Talking on behalf of your institution
6.3. can we British tolerate celebrating success
7. Do teachers have the time to use blogs for\ reflection? how can they carve out this\ time?
8. Why are you writing a blog? Ray Fleming
8.1. do you need a disclaimer- not if your blog is personal
8.2. put name at the start of the question so they listen
8.3. Don't get hung up on specific tools: they're transient
9. Bob Hill
9.1. you can set up a blog so that the results are moderated before they go out
10. Establishing a Digital\ Identity
10.1. This is me: lulu.com
10.2. What's your digital footprint
10.3. New node
11. What kind of blogger are you?
11.1. does blogging decrease your celebrity? does this matter?
11.2. Dai Barnes blogs when he is trying to find his way
12. Part of teacher development
12.1. twitterers are no in the same room as the speaker in the community in the room
13. Joe Nutt
13.1. a blog gives you the affordance of a diary-there is a chronology here
14. Do you use a blog to ask questions - or Twitter?
14.1. twitter - more immediate
14.2. blog - more considered
15. Daniel Needlestone
15.1. you can be critical of yourself without being critical of the school
15.2. blogs about challenges and problems make other professionals feel better
15.3. mainly write mine for sharing professional approaches
16. how many people are hiding behind attention deficit syndrome when they are twittering in sessions
17. Judith
17.1. course materials
17.2. for links
17.3. just testing it out now
18. Is the GTCE our version of the Inquisition?
19. fantastic authentic audience
19.1. they should decide to publish their own
19.2. New Node
20. Standing on the shoulders of giants when you're following others.
20.1. Dai's mum got comments about her essay from all over the world adding comments and helping her- but not doing the essay
21. Drew's blog
21.1. And he reads a lot of others, particularly by students
22. Providing a relevant platform for students
23. Blogs as a form of Personal\ Learning Networks
24. What areas should teachers not touch?
24.1. Is it enough to be anonymous?
24.2. Should one stick to educational issues only?
25. technical recommendations
25.1. Ning
26. David Townsend
26.1. issues of logging on are much the same as other sites:netiquette issues as Beebo
27. Terry Freedman
27.1. ignore things you do not like that do not deserve the oxygen of publicity
27.2. ICT Education
27.3. My rights
27.4. Terry's 2 minute tips
28. Drew on the benefits of serendipity
28.1. Following other blogs
28.1.1. All your heads are down twittering. what an ignorant audience