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My Blogging Adventures


 

This week I made it my goal to visit every class blog. I did not comment on all of them, but I did go through  and read at least one post from each person. As with most things in this class it was a learning experience. Here are some takeaways...

1. Push yourself outside of your comfort zone in terms of what you read. I found myself gravitating towards blogs about teaching. I was missing out. This class is so diverse and there is much to be learned. 

2. Jason you may or may not have sold sponges to my entire family. My sister in law is Nigerian and when I asked her about the sponge she had not heard of it, but she looked it up a purchased a couple. 

3. Kalei Holt you have the most beautiful blog. I am jealous of your beautiful pictures.

4. I love how the design of a blog oftentimes reflects the personality of the person blogging. My favorite examples are Leelocin & Blog a Diem.

5. I need to step up my blog game. I have questions... How do I get a live Twitter feed on the side of my blog. I see several people have it figured out, help me out please. 

6.  Sometimes life gets in the way and you can't blog. That's okay. Give yourself some grace.

Overall thank you to all of my classmates for helping me expand my thinking. Keep blogging!!!

Comments

  1. Rachel WellmanJuly 10, 2022 at 4:00 PM

    I just wanted to tell you that I appreciate you taking the initiative and issuing us this challenge! Admittedly, I also find myself gravitating to the blogs of people that I already have relationships with, and I hate to say it, but before this challenge, there were blogs I hadn't even visited yet.

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  2. LeelocinJuly 13, 2022 at 3:43 PM

    Thanks for the shout out, Teach. I used Elfsight for my twitter widget. You have to get the HTML code, go to blogger: layout, 'add gadget' HTML: then enter the HTML generated code that you make on the following website:

    https://elfsight.com/twitter-feed-widget/blogger/#:~:text=Elfsight%20Twitter%20Feed%20is%20a,and%20achieve%20higher%20customer%20trust.

    I hope that works for you! I'll check back. Also, i really like that you created this challenge, I DID NOT do it last week... but feeling a bit more inspired this week. Seeing other classmates commenting and interacting with one another is fueling as well. Thanks again for the shoutouts.

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