Why Blog?

Some considerations for for framing the discussion around blogging:

Big Picture Questions About Education Blogging

• Why are you interested in attending this training? 
• What do you hope to learn? 
• Why do you want to blog or blog more?

Practicalities

• Do you already blog? 
• How’s it been? 
• How is your current blog traffic? 
• Does blog traffic inform your strategy/practice? 
• What are the barriers to blogging that you foresee? 

Why Blog?

• Students 
• Educators 

Getting Started

• What is the mission or goal of your blog? 
• What are you trying to accomplish with it? 
• What are the current strengths of your writing or blog? 
• In what areas would you most like to improve your blogging or social media outreach? 

Getting Going

• Blogging schedule - when to blog; how often to blog?
• Networking / sharing your blog - social media (Google+ or Twitter) and email subscriptions (add the 'Follow By Email' gadget under Layout to your blog)
• What steps do you currently, or will you take, take to promote or market your blog? (Related content links within your blog post)

Resources For Blogging Ideas/Topics:

• Blogamonth
• Teacher Leadership Challenge
• Teaching Channel Blog
• Edutopia Discussions