Blogging–baby steps
August 9, 2007 by kellylock
Trying to get into the groove of writing on my blog everyday is proving difficult. Right now, time is limited, but I’m so looking forward to a routine in the fall that will allow me to post at least every other day.
I’ve been back in my classroom, trying to get it set up. It’s a sauna in there. No air conditioning, and if you are familiar with August in Missouri, you know it’s hot and humid. The box and ceiling fans just circulate the hot air.
That being said, I still love being in my classroom. I love the smell of the clean building, the unloading of new school supplies, planning my first days of school, the anticipation of meeting the new kids and their parents at back-to-school night! I love it. Funny, though, I didn’t love it as a kid. I hated school. Now, as an adult, I can’t wait for it to start. Hmm. I may need counseling!
I met with our Communication Arts leadership team, which I am a part of, and we are planning the professional development for the year. Our lead principal said we are going to have a professional blog! I was so excited I nearly fell out of the chair. The ida is that we will all post how are implementation of the workshop models is going in our room, and be a support system for each other. This in tandem with the fact that I’m trying to figure out how to use blogging as a teaching tool presents the best research project.
I plan on applying for the graduate certificate in writing at our local university. I have my master’s in English Lit. and am awaiting results on National Boards, so the certificate in writing will round out my education. Plus, it gives me a reason to research writing. I’m thinking that blogging is a great research topic that will allow me to track interactions between teachers in other buildings, teachers and students, students and students, and since technology is a huge part of our school improvement plans and knowing that technology is at the forefront of the changes coming in education, blogs are perfect!
So, as I work myself in to a routine, I will allow myself these baby steps to learning how to blog, keeping track of all the options I have for creating, sharing and learning.
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Baby steps. You’ll be blogging and making friends quite easily once Jake gets settled, you get settled. With that routine in place, I think you’ll enjoy that time quite a lot. I love you, my friend, and right now, I’ve been thinking quite a lot about you, and how hard it will be when your guy moves on. At least until the laundry needs doing. But still…this must feel incredibly crushing. I’m here praying, and here ready for your phone calls! Even if my family DOES interrupt us every two minutes!