Skip to main content

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.

    ReplyDelete
  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.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Preventing Cyberbullying Among Middle Schoolers

  Online bullying and harassment is a very real problem, especially for young people. According to the United States government almost twenty percent of teens report being the target of some sort of online harassment or bullying. The graphic below outlines some of the issues that can result from online harassment. These issues have prompted law enforcement agencies, educational policymakers and parents to explore avenues that will help to prevent cyberbullying. Here are a few ways that adults help to ensure that cyberbullying doesn't happen. Raise Awareness One way to prevent cyberbullying amongst young people is by simply raising awareness about the issue. We often assume that students already have the tools that the need to successfully navigate online spaces. This is often a fallacy. Students need to be explicitly taught about online bullying and harassment. Educators and parents need to work together to ensure that students understand what is considered online bullying. Care sh...
Post a Comment
Read more

Digital natives vs. digital fluency

I think digital natives are a real thing, but all digital natives are not fluent. The term native reminds me of the process that babies use to acquire language.  A person is said to be a native speaker when they grow up surrounded by the language that is "native" to them. They grow up hearing their parents use the language and that's how they develop their proficiency. Some kids grow up with an amazing vocabulary and some students enter school at a deficit. Digital literacy is the same. Some students grow up in households where they are surrounded by laptops, phones, reliable internet and online tools that are being used consistently and effectively. But some kids grow up in a house where they don't have those things, or where they don't see these tools put to effective use. Those students are, by definition, digital natives. But are they digitally fluent? Nope. Just because you know how to scroll through TikTok or Instagram, doesn't mean you can navigate onli...
4 comments
Read more

And Another One!!

  Step up to the plate Clay County Florida. A school board member in Clay County thinks that "disciplinary action" should be taken against people who allow books deemed "inappropriate". She goes on to blame librarians for allowing these books into schools. Umm, excuse me ma'am but are you under the impression that the librarian is superhuman. Do you think that they can magically read all of the books in the library and know which ones will offend some random person, at some random time, in the future?  This school board member goes on to explain that she has already identified 75 books containing "pornographic material" that should not be on shelves. They don't provide the list, that would encourage people to think for themselves and that is definitely not the goal. They do however offer some examples, three to be exact. I would have to assume that she choose the most egregious examples to prove her point. The first book is called "Julian is a...
1 comment
Read more