Thanks for your feedback and listening to my rant! I must say that I'm very pleased with the posts and comments from this first week. Here are the future steps I'd like to implement. Note that some of them are suggestions, and some are requirements.
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1) Blog posts must be submitted by midnight on Tuesday and comment 1 must be submitted by midnight on Friday (requirement).
2) I tried to set it up so blog posts are emailed to each of you. We won't know until the next post is made if it is successful.
3) Try to keep a few things in mind when posting.
- Your posts don't have to be long, but try to make them interesting. Write about something you care about!
- Feel free to write blogs in a conversational tone rather than an academic tone. Can you believe that comment came from the same guy who has dinged nearly each of you for APA points on papers!
- Sharing links, pictures, and/or videos isn't required but it can make them a more interesting read. Yes, I did get a bit carried away with the pictures for this post :)
Photo credit: thomashawk.com/2010/05/5733-by-eddie.html
4) I'll do a better job at monitoring and providing feedback if I feel we're getting off track.
5) The blog will remain private.
Happy blogging!
Nick
Hi Dr. Sauers, thanks for the updates. I was a little late on the email response-- I just sent it. Sorry about that. I really liked Kimberly's suggestion about having weekly LKES topics for our blogs. Any chance we could structure the blog that way?
ReplyDeleteI do like that idea. Lets hold off a bit right now though and see how things go.
ReplyDeleteCan I push back a little bit on that? I like the open-nature of this blog. Having to make sure my weekly post will align with a specific standard, kind of takes the creativity out of it, in a way. What if I really need some feedback about something specific in my building, but it's not aligned to that week's standard? Just my thought.
ReplyDeleteThat is why I want to hold off on that idea :) I would prefer to let you blog on the issues that are the most pressing issues facing you at a particular time.
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