The Writing Principal: Tips for Administrators Considering Blogging
Before You Start Blogging… Read other administrators’ posts. Go to badgeradmins.wikispaces.com for a comprehensive list of recommended blogs. Emulate their style and structure when developing your own...
View Article30 Days, 30 Posts: A #blogathon Challenge
The upcoming National Novel Writing Month (#nanowrimo on Twitter) is a motivating challenge for aspiring fiction writers. Ever since I heard about this, I have wanted to try it. Only one problem: I...
View ArticleReflections After a #blogathon
This post is my last of November. Just before the month started, I pledged to write one post a day every day for the month. Now it is over and I almost met my goal (29 posts – not too shabby). I have...
View ArticleWhen Less is More
I am sharing this with my staff tonight on our blog, possibly the last one for a while… I failed last week to get a Friday Focus out. I see the world is still spinning. To be honest, now that there is...
View ArticleSunshine Award – A Little About Me
Ben Gilpin, fellow elementary principal (@benjamingilpin), listed my blog as one of eleven to receive the Sunshine Award. Thank you Ben! This award is actually a way for bloggers to recognize other...
View ArticleRethinking Reading Logs
In another lively #educoach Twitter chat, we discussed the first chapter of Donalyn Miller’s book Reading in the Wild. This excellent resource provides educators with many ideas on how to raise readers...
View ArticleMost Memorable Blog Posts of the Year – 2014
This is my third annual recognition of the most memorable blog posts I have read this year. Like in 2012 and 2013, I cannot say for sure if they were the most viewed or shared. They just stuck with me,...
View ArticleReflections After a #blogathon
This post is my last of November. Just before the month started, I pledged to write one post a day every day for the month. Now it is over and I almost met my goal (29 posts – not too shabby). I have...
View ArticleMost Memorable Blog Posts of the Year – 2015
Around this time of year, I highlight selected posts written by bloggers within the past twelve months. What these posts all have in common is they were worth saving for my own learning and reading...
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