There’s no such thing as a bad blog

One of my first questions when I meet an educator is “what’s the address of your blog?”

I do it for a couple of reasons. First, I love reading educational blogs; secondly, I think it’s important to impress upon others the need for having an online, professional presence.

Sadly, the answer doesn’t always generate a new resource for my learning.  Often, I’ll get answers like:

• What’s a blog?
• I don’t have time to blog
• It’s all been said. I have nothing to contribute
• Blogging is just one big echo chamber
• My principal or superintendent reads blogs and I don’t want to get into trouble for having an opinion
• I don’t want to be wrong and have someone else criticise me
• I don’t want to create a bad blog

Originally written for Jisc, you can read the entire post here.

OTR Links 09/23/2015

• College of Teachers issues advice on the reporting of child abuse | Ontario College of Teachers

  RT @OCT_OEEO: College releases advice to teachers on how to report child abuse http://t.co/o3lPrzWznC #OCTadvisory
  College releases advice to teachers on how to report child abuse http://t.co/o3lPrzWznC #OCTadvisory

  — OCT_OEEO (@OCT_OEEO) September 21, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us OCTadvisory

• The best of Ontario-Educators3 Daily

  The The best of ontario-educators3 Daily is out! http://t.co/pzP5se9ym0 Stories via @MRobertsAD @tsuOECTA @LDN_OectaPac

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us

• A message for Parents | 2014 ETFO Collective Bargaining

  A message for Parents | 2014 ETFO Collective Bargaining http://t.co/32a4etCcBx cc @suewaters

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us

• The Best of Ontario-Educators2 daily is out!

  The best of ontario-educators2 daily is out! is out! http://t.co/3fU3GUzgy3 Stories via @RangerRidley @raspberryberet3 @P_StMarys

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us

• The Doug Peterson Community News

  The Doug Peterson Community News is out! http://t.co/6MERdcULNl

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us

• Public board, Ottawa high school teachers reach labour peace | Ottawa Citizen

  RT @osstfd28: Public board, Ottawa high school teachers reach labour peace | Ottawa Citizen http://t.co/uUW3Cld2RH
  Public board, Ottawa high school teachers reach labour peace | Ottawa Citizen http://t.co/uUW3Cld2RH

  — Jeffrey Barber (@osstfd28) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us

• ‘Plato wanted to ban books from the classroom. Should we ban technology?’ | TES

  ‘Plato wanted to ban books from the classroom. Should we ban technology?’ http://t.co/kNHue8VhNA via @flipboard

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• Mind-Reading Number Trick — Math Fun Facts

  Mind-Reading Number Trick — Math Fun Facts https://t.co/35OiMfXFd4 via @Firefox

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us

• SharePoint Kanban Board App for Office 365 – VirtoSoftware

  SharePoint Kanban Board App for Office 365 http://t.co/UXiYMoYX0o via @flipboard

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• friEdTechnology: Building Tech Literacy with Google Classroom and Lucidpress by Guest Author Eliza Wright

  Building Tech Literacy with Google Classroom and Lucidpress http://t.co/5IrtOxcWe2 via @flipboard

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us

• Learning by Doing: A Teacher Transitions Into PBL | Edutopia

  Learning by Doing: A Teacher Transitions Into PBL http://t.co/3zmwH2P9SN via @Firefox

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• 5 Reasons Young and Old Writers Need the SAS Writing Reviser Add-on for Google Docs – Pathfinders

  on for Google Docs http://t.co/FQ2Oc3pPbU via @flipboard

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us

• How to teach … sugar | Teacher Network | The Guardian

  How to teach … sugar http://t.co/lRgLNSLqif via @flipboard

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us

• Computer Science Teacher: Virtual BBC Micro:Bit Now in Beta

  Computer Science Teacher: Virtual BBC Micro:Bit Now in Beta http://t.co/AOWTViMshx via @Firefox

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us

• 10 Tips For Launching An Inquiry-Based Classroom | MindShift | KQED News

  10 Tips For Launching An Inquiry-Based Classroom http://t.co/lpBcKcUX42 via @flipboard

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us

• iPhone App Store hacked by XcodeGhost – Business Insider

  How the largest hack in the history of the App Store was pulled off http://t.co/CrseVYB0EN via @flipboard

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• Innovative Ways to Group Students in a New School | Global Educator Institute

  Innovative Ways to Group Students in a New School http://t.co/Le3SolUpll via @flipboard

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us

• Learn from our mistakes: teachers share their first-year faux pas | Teacher Network | The Guardian

  Learn from our mistakes: teachers share their first-year faux pas http://t.co/iN9vAYQWma via @flipboard

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us

• Just What Is Coding? | doug — off the record

  Just What Is Coding? https://t.co/MqhRstn1Dj

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter via:packrati.us

• The Best of Ontario-Educators Daily

  The best of ontario-educators daily is out! http://t.co/Bh0tmfnPqR Stories via @cashjim @contej @marclijour

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

• OTR Links 09/22/2015 | doug — off the record

  OTR Links 09/22/2015 https://t.co/qqYABsNVZv

  — Doug Peterson (@dougpete) September 22, 2015

  tags: IFTTT Twitter

Posted from Diigo. The rest of my favorite links are here.