Why do we blog?

In Globaloria, our students, and ourselves as educators are asked to do quite a bit. Sometimes, we may find ourselves asking "Why do we have to do this?" in regards to various parts of the program.

When it comes to blogging, I like to take the approach that blogs allow us a reflective medium to communicate our thoughts, express our concerns, celebrate our victories, and share our discoveries with others.

In short, blogs help us develop a sense of community in our classrooms and beyond into the greater Globaloria community.

We will cover these topics today to help make your blogging experience the most effective and enjoyable it can be.

• Always do blog prompts at the end of each topic
• “Following” and using RSS reader to keep track of posts
• Privacy settings, Editing Blog Titles and URLs
• Tips for scheduling blogging time

Rate The "Newbs"

In gaming the term "noob", sometimes written "n00b" is defined as an inexperienced and/or ignorant or unskilled person. This is generally a derogatory name and gives the impression of someone who is a "wannabe", but lacks the skills, motivation, or overall ability to really step up.

In contrast, the nomenclature "newb" is a term used to describe a inexperienced gamer/person/etc. who actually wants to get better and shows the desire and skill to do so.

From what I have seen of our New Educators at this Academy, I am very impressed. They have made so many strides in such a short amount of time.

I rate them 9/10 (I try to never give a perfect score because there is always room for improvement, but I am pretty darn impressed!)

I have a message and a challenge for all new educators: Be the best! There is nothing other than your own motivation, will power, and dedication that will be a deciding factor in your success in this program. Times will be challenging with technological issues, administrative hoops to jump through, etc. But there will also be great rewards, both tangible and intangible, that you will reap by putting your heart into this program.

Best of luck with your first year!

Playing with Links, Images, Videos

Here is a picture of something I like:


Here is a link to one of my favorite sites.

Here is a video: