Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Reflection on blogging
In my first adventure in blogging, I learned that it really is pretty easy to set up. Once you play with it a little bit, the tools are user-friendly and easy to figure out on your own. I'm not yet sure how I would use this in my classroom, but I think that it could be a great tool for communicating with colleagues -- within the school, within the district, and elsewhere -- in order to bounce ideas around and share lessons and links. The only questions I have right now are: do I have enough time to keep up with this and/or is it worth that amount of time and effort (little though it may be) and how can I make the page prettier? I played with the color schemes and picked a layout I thought I liked, but I'm still not happy with its appearance.
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Hi Andrea,
ReplyDeleteYou are smart to thing about not only the look, what we get caught up with when creating a blog, but you're also thinking about the time element as it relates to outcome. If you have a real purpose in mind, it will be worth the time. I try to make Tuesdays my target day to work on my blog. That's my day to remember things that are important to do (like taking out the garbage). It's also okay to let the blog wait until you feel that you have a defined purpose. Now you know how it works and can dive in when ready.
Debby
Andrea, I too wanted to make my blog prettier. One thing I did was add a background image to my blog's title (http://ctmsdrama.blogspot.com/) and I like how it added some personal flair to my blog, if you're interested. I just used Paint to adjust the size of the picture because I soon discovered when you add the picture it needs to be the right size so it doesn't completely take over your blog. I kind of stumbled upon the feature on my dashboard when I clicked "Layout" and then the "edit" link for the my blog's header. But you did happen to choose one of my favorite colors as your background color! I love light blue!
ReplyDeleteHey Andrea,
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I'm not the only one struggling to decide whether or not this is a tool I can use effectively in my classroom. I feel like I have done so much training and learning this summer and I have no idea where to begin or if I have the time to keep up with something like this. If you come up with ideas about implementation, I'd love to hear them.