Don’t be shy to share with others!

Blogging, reflecting, writing and thinking. These have now become part of my weekly routine.   Rambling on ….. writing as I do ….. has become a pass time in which I’m able to indulge.  There are no demands on my time.  No deadlines to meet.  Just writing for the sake of teasing out my thoughts.  My [...]

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Is Scoop.it! killing the Blogosphere?

Earlier this week, I published a post -  10 Learning Paradigms that can be implemented by Teacher Librarians -  on a subject I feel quite passionate about.  It talks about how the skills set of Teacher Librarians could be better utilized in our schools to lead and guide other teaching staff in their ongoing professional [...]

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Why blog? Here’s 10 good reasons!

I bumped into an acquaintance a few days ago.   Words shared in just a few brief moments continue to reverberate in my head. Why do people blog?” this acquaintance asked me.  “Why would anyone want to read what I have to say?  Why would anyone care what I think?   What’s the point of it? I’m [...]

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Social Networking to Publicise Books

My learning journey took a new and different twist this week. Together with Miffy Farquharson, I was asked by the School Library Association of Victoria to present at their conference: Creative Communication: A conference for library technicians and assistants on the topic Social Networking to Publicise Books. Initially hesitant, it didn’t take me too long [...]

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Embedding media into your blog is quick, easy and looks good too!

As they say – a picture is worth a thousand words. But embedding pictures, graphics, or media into a blog post does more than that: they add a focal point to your blog they can illustrate the point you’re trying to make in words they can extend the words of your blog post they improve [...]

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Images and all that stuff

It’s just as well that the Teacher Challenge is including something on copyright and images ’cause I admit that this is an area that baffles me!  Unfortunatley copyright issues are in the same league as insurance policies for my stubborn brain!  These kinds of issues just sit there and stare at me, taunting me to [...]

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Get to know me on my refreshed "About Me" page!

Cleaning up my “About Me” page wasn’t as quick an activity as I thought it might be.  Figuring out what to say, how to say it and then how to present it turned out to be quite a challenge!  So ….. here I am ….. many hours later having finally overcome all hurdles! My initial [...]

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Tips for Effective Blog Posts

Yes indeed ….. the content of a blog is analogous to a heart beat! While all kinds of bells and whistles can make a blog post look attractive, we would be hard pressed to find a good blog that did not have appealing content.  Selecting, considering and thinking about what and how the blog post [...]

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10 Tips about Blogging

I applaud those of you behind the creation of the Edublogs Teacher Challenge.   It is an amazing effort to reach out to those of us who are new and not so new in the blogosphere and provides us with an opportunity to hone our skills individually and collectively. Since commencing my blog as part of [...]

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For peace of mind, backup your blog!

I know I’m repeating myself here, but Twitter really is wonderful! The little bits and pieces of valuable information shared is just invaluable. It was a while ago that I freaked out about ‘what if I lost all the info I’ve put into my blog’ and found out how to take a back up. That [...]

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