I just found out about the 30 Day Blogging Challenge for Teachers being run by the great folks at Edublogs. I have been thinking about which direction I should be heading with my blog or a couple of weeks now and this challenge might help my find a focus. So here is my response to the first challenge.
1. When did you start this blog?
I started this blog on Sunday, June 21, 2009.
2. Why did you start this blog?
I started this blog because I'd had a classroom blog for a new and wanted a place to post more professional thoughts and reflections.
3. How did you start this blog?
Since I was familiar with Blogger, I decided to use that same platform for my professional blog. I knew what I wanted the title to be and I played around with a few templates before choosing one I liked.
4. What are you most proud of about this blog?
I am most proud of the fact that I have maintained my professional blog. I am proud of the comments I have received from people in my PLN that I admire.
5. What would you like to change about this blog?
I would like to find a focus for this blog. I write reflective pieces, posts about tools I've discovered, and responses to various challenges. Maybe because I don't post on any kind of a regular schedule, I feel that this blog is a hodgepodge of posts.
6. What upsets you about this blog?
I am upset that this blog doesn't have more comments, but I don't think I have developed it in such a way as to have much of a following. Why would people want to read it?
7. Do you read other blogs?
Yes, I learned how to set up an RSS reader when I attended LaCUE in December of 2008. It often gets filled up with many posts that I have fed into my Google reader. I have been setting aside more time lately to read posts of other educators and edtech leaders.
8. Do you comment on other's blogs?
Yes, I do comment on other people's blogs. I tried last year to leave at least one comment a week and am trying to do the same thing this year. I would like to comment on the blogs of new bloggers to offer them encouragement to keep going.
9. Do you Tweet about your new posts?
Sometimes I will tweet out my new post, but sometimes I don't. It depends on the topic of the post. If I feel that I said something that would be interesting to others then I will tweet about it. I'm not usually a shy person, but sometimes I get shy about promoting myself.
10. What do you hope this challenge helps you accomplish?
The two most important things I hope this challenge will help me accomplish is to find a focus or "a voice" for my blog and get me to write posts on a more regular basis. I also hope to find some new connections through this challenge.
