What can we do to reduce this feeling of exclusivity? Doubtless there are hundreds of great educators out there that feel this way.
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07 Jul 11
Amy LenordGreat points made in this past post from @jonbecker | Reflections of a new-ish blogger http://bit.ly/nsCLlw HT @scmorgan #cpchat
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Anyway, Scott asked me today if I’m enjoying this blogging thing. The answer is a definitve “yes.”
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I think where I’m going with this is that I worry that the ed. tech. blogosphere is reasonably saturated. Related to Darren Draper’s post on Twitter Set Theory, I feel like there are some central figures whose spheres overlap considerably and a whole lot of us outsiders trying to penetrate that inner circle. It’s as if folks like Will Richardson, David Warlick, Wes Fryer, Vicki Davis, Dean Shareski, Stephen Downes, Chris Lehmann…(and, yes, you Scott) are having an awesome cocktail party conversation and I’m standing on the outside staring over their shoulders and listening in, trying to get a word in, but not penetrating that conversation at all. I know there are LOTS of us on the outside looking in.
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10 Apr 08
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Add Sticky NoteI think where I’m going with this is that I worry that the ed. tech. blogosphere is reasonably saturated. Related to Darren Draper’s post on Twitter Set Theory, I feel like there are some central figures whose spheres overlap considerably and a whole lot of us outsiders trying to penetrate that inner circle. It’s as if folks like Will Richardson, David Warlick, Wes Fryer, Vicki Davis, Dean Shareski, Stephen Downes, Chris Lehmann…(and, yes, you Scott) are having an awesome cocktail party conversation and I’m standing on the outside staring over their shoulders and listening in, trying to get a word in, but not penetrating that conversation at all. I know there are LOTS of us on the outside looking in.
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I guess that I can understand this feeling. But I don't think it accurate reflects what is happening. What frustrates me the most about blogging is a sense that there is a certain way to blog, for certain reasons, evaluated and critiqued based on certain criteria, with a certain aim in mind.
I think that each of us has to understand the fundamentals of blogging, how it works as technique, and then figure out how it will help us accomplish our goals. If I were in the classroom teaching, I would be blogging in an entirely different way and for different reasons than I do now, and I don't expect anyone to be blogging the way and for the reasons I do now.
I guess I'm saying that there's no single bar for measuring ourselves, nor any single club we we should belong to. I don't think that I measure myself at all, except in how blogging, podcasting, wikis, my aggregator, and the books on my shelves help me accomplish my goals. I don't even like cocktail parties. ;-)
I have absolutely no doubt that the only reason I have the readership that I do is that I started early, though not nearly so early as Richardson and Downes. - 2 more sticky notes...
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I agree with you, David. There is no accurate measure as to the success of a blog - other than the intrinsic measure that each blogger feels about how things are going.
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Wow. I'm seeing Diigo as adding yet another new "right foot red, left foot blue" twist to blogging. When you sticky-note a post and make it public, yes, other Diigo users see your comment, but people reading the comment thread don't.
Not saying bad or good. Just announcing Pretzel 2.0.
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My theory is– don’t worry about getting your voice out there, or comments, or rankings, or even being invited to the right parties (inner circle) — rather focus intently on children, your vision, and leaving education better than you found it. Concentrate on helping those within your sphere of influence to make principled changes in education that is in the best interest of kids.
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Public Stiky Notes
Not saying bad or good. Just announcing Pretzel 2.0.
I think that each of us has to understand the fundamentals of blogging, how it works as technique, and then figure out how it will help us accomplish our goals. If I were in the classroom teaching, I would be blogging in an entirely different way and for different reasons than I do now, and I don't expect anyone to be blogging the way and for the reasons I do now.
I guess I'm saying that there's no single bar for measuring ourselves, nor any single club we we should belong to. I don't think that I measure myself at all, except in how blogging, podcasting, wikis, my aggregator, and the books on my shelves help me accomplish my goals. I don't even like cocktail parties. ;-)
I have absolutely no doubt that the only reason I have the readership that I do is that I started early, though not nearly so early as Richardson and Downes.
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