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Blog it up!!!

Hello there. Unfortunately, classes were canceled for tomorrow, so we have to defer the tutorial until August 25th.

In case you are asking yourselves why blogging instead of doing quizzes, here is a repost about the upsides of blogs for class projects. In case you don't know some vocabulary, use the dictionary.

Why Blogging has a major role to play in the modern school leader’s professional development, says headteacher and veteran blogger Michael Shepherd.

The educational landscape is constantly shifting. We live in a time of continuous change where the boundaries between home and school are blurred and where the gap between a school leader’s formal and informal professional development is closing.

Learning doesn't finish at the end of the school day, nor does its reach extend only as far as the school gate. Learning happens anywhere, at anytime and this has never been more apparent than now.

The traditional models of education and professional development have been ripe for a change for some time but with the advent of modern web technology, such ambition can become a reality.

The opportunity to work on what you want, when you want, where you want and with whom you want is now a possibility. Online educational forums provide round-the-clock access, freeing us from the constraints of time and space.

Blogs – a form of an online journal – enables me to share my thoughts on a huge raft of educational issues. It allows me to engage with other educators from around the globe, wherever I am and whenever I want. It provides me with a space for educational thinking and dialogue, and a fitting vehicle for keeping a log of my ideas, reflections, musings and deliberations.

So much of the school day is given over to operational work, to maintenance rather than development, and this can be a constant source of frustration. It is great to be able to sit down and collect my thoughts, to think about the bigger picture and wider educational issues.

Blogging is also a way of relieving the stress one can feel as a headteacher. It provides me with the opportunity to consider in my own time a myriad of matters and to share my thoughts and ideas with others beyond my immediate group. It helps me keep abreast of international thinking and enables me to see things from a number of different perspectives.

LDR. (s.f.). Why blogging makes good CPD sense. Recuperado el 15 de agosto de 2011, de National College for School Leadership: http://www.nationalcollege.org.uk/index/leadershiplibrary/ldr-magazine/ldr-latest-articles/ldr2011-why-blogging-makes-good-cpd-sense.htm

So, this is it. Use Blogger for our semester project.