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Posts Tagged ‘blog’

Educational Blogging: Tools

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

If you’ve ever considered authoring a blog, take a look at these two free blogging tools. If you’ve never considered authoring a blog, look at yesterday’s post on the topic for some good reasons to consider it. I’ve been revisiting blogging tools lately with some of the afterschool classes we’ve held. My go-to blog for [...]

Professional Safety Online

Friday, January 4th, 2008

This fall I had the opportunity to sit on a meeting detailing the importance of using digital technologies appropriately as an education professional. While the presentation was very well-intended, it seemed that a number of my teacher colleagues left with sense that there is no safe way to professionally use technology and that doing so [...]

Cabinet-level Blogging

Monday, December 3rd, 2007

I was impressed by an NPR story featuring Secretary Mike Leavitt of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. In the very hostile climate of government agencies where it seems that even the smallest offensive statement can spark an uprising and firing overnight, Leavitt is seeking a communication venue outside the norm for Washington. [...]