It’s day 28 of the 31 Days to a Better Blog Challenge and I’ve done the task of the day. Easy … easiest! ‘What is your blog’s mission statement?’ Now for an academic, writing mission statements is like shooting fish in a barrel (not that I have ever shot anything in my life). I added
Continue reading ...Some of the tasks in the 31 Day Challenge continue to raise the issue of blog design. Looking at the range of the tasks from analysing the ‘competition’, to creating ‘about’ and ‘sneeze’ pages and so on brings me to ask, ‘What do you like or dislike about your current blog software platform?’ I’ve had
Continue reading ...What’s your blog voice? I’ve been giving some advice to my new-blogger niece about getting in the blogging groove. My pearls of wisdom included finding a focus for the blog, and finding your blog voice. After that, it’s all about just doing it. Hard of course, to define something as personal as your own voice
Continue reading ...It was a first for me. A brand new blogger, actually a family member, sitting there and waiting for my advice! At the time, it felt as though the task was fitting right into the 31 Days to a Better Blog challenge, but it just floated in out of left field. She had responded to
Continue reading ...The 31-day challenge is hotting up, at least the work appears to be getting seriously organised. There’s lots of buzzing around the blogs by the team linking up via Michelle Martin’s Bamboo Project Blog. Michelle has asked us to consider what we’ve learned during the first 7 days. For me, being proactive by getting out
Continue reading ...The 31 day challenge is beginning to pay off in terms of attracting new readers and contacts to the blog. It’s only natural to be delighted and flattered when someone ‘out there’ … a potential colleague … takes the trouble to respond to our bloggings. I know I am. So it’s been a great idea
Continue reading ...Michelle Martin’s Bamboo Project blog is great. I’ve found her blog ‘voice’ both warm and enthusiastic, so I have no doubt she’s a top teacher. I’ve been sucked in to a small but growing group of bloggers who are taking Michelle’s via Problogger Darren Rowse’s ’31 Days to a Better Blog.’ I wrote in a
Continue reading ...Doh, here I go again! I’ve long believed the first axiom of teaching is ‘Take nothing for granted.’ Had a couple of hours lab workshop this morning on Macs with a third-year group of students. I’m teaching them how to use the apps and services available on the web to create their own online, digital
Continue reading ...Update: And, in the way blogs reflect the owner’s lifestyle changes, this one has since undergone a name change to reflect the blog’s subject matter – the increasing diversity of interests of the owner aka ‘the magpie mind’ New focus, new look, new name. I’ve gone all the way on this one. The URL remains
Continue reading ...I’m following up on my last post. I’ve decided to tease out the themes of this blog and go into deconstruct mode. I’m keeping this blog (after a bit of a face wash) to focus on teaching and learning, adventures in digital learning and productivity. I’ve shucked off theatre, acting and performance to a new
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