I have the privilege of serving on the Advisory Board for the NC Virtual Public School. We had our first meeting on Friday and I had the pleasure of meeting fellow edu-bloggers Dave Edwards and Joe Poletti face to face. My excitement quickly turned to good-old red-faced shame when Joe called me out on my recent blogging inactivity.
“You got off to a great start but I have been waiting for you to update!”
OK Joe – no more excuses about time. If I want my teachers, technology facilitators, and administrators to join the web 2.0 world, then I really need to set an example. I am going to set a goal of at least one post per week. It is such a good way to work through my thoughts that it can only help me think about what I do and to DO it better.
On another note, the three of us discussed trying to do a monthly podcast reflecting on hot issues in educational technology. Hopefully more to come on this…
Well done, Tracy. I do think we have to live it to lead it . . . or at least just to keep up with the kids.
I am testing the idea of using a blog environment for a school web presence. The advantages are just too compelling. It’s early in the process…but check out
http://bridgesschool.wordpress.com
I’m thinking I can format my boxy, Front Page school system techmedia site the same way. What would be the pro’s and con’s of such a migration?
What an interesting idea! Making your information portal a two way street – a conversation as David Warlick likes to put it. I guess the question is – do you really want the conversation? Will you moderate comments?
I think it’s worth a shot. BTW, my aggregators are not picking up the RSS feeds from your most recent two entries. I use Sage and GR and they both see nothing beyond your entry entitled Google Reader.
Revision to previous comment. My Sage aggregator does not pick up your latest two entries, but Google Reader does. Go figure!
Odd – Netvibes picks it up