Tuesday, July 13, 2010

EDLD 5301 Educational Leaders and the Use of Blogs

If handled appropriately the use of blogs could prove to be an extremely powerful devise to aid in the continued growth of an educational community. Ideally a blog should be used to get people thinking and to pose questions and possible solutions to problems or areas of concern on any given campus or institution. Educational leaders could accomplish this by posting a variety of mediums while posing the all important questions. These mediums might include campus newsletters, calendars, test scores, surveys and school successes just to name a few. Idyllically the blog would serve as a place to get all stakeholders the opportunity to learn and participate.

3 comments:

  1. I think the first three words of your paragraph are very important, "if handled appropriately". We must remember that as great and useful as technology and blogs can be, they can also work against us if used in the wrong ways. That is a great point!

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  2. I really like that you included newsletters, calendars, etc. to blogging. That is another great way to get info out to everyone. I think many people may feel more comfortable viewing a blog because it is often less formal.

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  3. When I wrote my reflection, I focused on the external value--trying to reach out to principals from other states and cities to gain insight on how to become more effective. I didn't even start to consider the importance of using them internally. Thanks for the great idea.

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