Teaching in the digital age.

Professional Learning Network (PLN)

So far this summer, I have expanded my PLN by joining social networks, following blogs, and beginning to Twitter (gschwanke18). However, I have yet to begin blogging on my own. I have always thought about beginning my own blog, but I really don't know how to begin. What do I write about? Will I have time to maintain it? What will I and others get out of it? These a just a few questions that I think everytime I get the urge to start a blog. I would like to hear from others who have started their own blog. How did you begin? What have been the positives and negatives? What have your experiences been like thus far?

All input is greatly appreciated.

Thanks

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Permalink Reply by Audrey Kranzo on July 13, 2009 at 11:59am: I am taking a course this summer, Internet in the Classroom, and I have recently started using some of these tools as well. I just started PLN by adding education blogs to my Google reader and had to join Ning (and like it so far). We also had to start a blog on Edublog, which is user friendly. I am enjoying putting my thoughts out there, but am I also reserved in how much information I share with others. I think blogs are a great way to share ideas and find new interests. The great thing is I update it as often as I want to. By adding the blogs to my RSS I can scan headlines and read only the articles that are interesting to me! Go for it!; ▶ Reply to This