Educational leaders can use blogs in a variety of ways. They can use a blog to collaborate with other principals on a variety of subjects, or to stay up to date on the latest education news. The collaboration can be with principals from a variety of schools, including those in other states, districts, or school levels. Blogs can also be used by leaders as a means to update teachers on anything from professional development to their personal life. My own principal used a blog last summer to keep us updated on an exclusive principal professional development she was invited to at Harvard. It was a fun and interesting way to keep up with her learning that also gave her a chance to reflect on what she had learned each day!
I am interested to hear that your principal used a blog to keep you guys in the loop and to convey information. I don't feel as though I am that old, but I really appreciate the steps my own school takes and the force of on-line grad school in terms of pushing me outside my box. It is like an anonymous email, or a post on Facebook...yet it connects people of similar interest in a more specific way. Now I'm wondering what our students could do with this on an educational AND social connection level in our classes...
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