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Everyone should blog. Here’s why.

01 Mar

My new student policy is and will be:

“Everybody Blog!”

There is no reason that everyone can not, nor that everyone should not be creating blogs.

They’re easy!
They are free!
They are good indicators of learning!
They are portable!
They can act like an online portfolio!
They can be real fun!

What can you put in a blog? Just about anything. Some ideas can include:

About Me information
Contact information (for older kids and adults)
Resumes
Curriculum Vitae
Favorites and Links
Videos
Music Videos and Music
Photos
Sport information
Favorite Game information
Wedding /Party Info
Selling your house/belongings/shoes/gadgets/toiletries

How can you do it yourself?

Come here to WordPress.com
Sign-up
Remember your passwords (Write them down some place)
Edit
Take Pictures, add them, play!
Have fun

Blog research

07 Feb

In coming up with good information to have on this website I not only have to delve into my own knowledge base, but I also find myself cruising the web to see what others are doing. One such mentor I turn to runs The Thinking Stickover at ISB, here in Thailand.

Jeff Utecht has come across my path a few times. First, at an Earcos conference in Malaysia, then at another ISTEC meeting I hosted at Concordian International School.

Most recently I have heard him talk at the TEDxKrungthep Event that I helped coordinate from a web presence point of view. I ended up making the website and helped to make everything “live” through video streaming and constant Facebook and Twitter [no, I’m not linking these] updates. Lots of fun and work.

But back to my point of research and I am constantly looking for good sites, neat tricks, great time saving devices, and excellent linking and syncing software and applications. If you have any ideas, please add comments.