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Paragraph Description of Session:In this enchantingly mundane preso, veteran blogger Miguel Guhlin shares his meteoric rise to rock star status as a blogger, confesses his blogging addiction, time spent in rehab and offers a retrospective look at blogging as therapeutic nonsense worth tracking and sharing.

About Miguel Guhlin:Although the official press releases can be found at http://mguhlin.net, please know that Miguel has served as a classroom teacher, administrator in Texas schools, worked as a consultant prior to the Sad Economic Depression of 2010, tortured thousands with his desert-dry humor (you’re next), and has been “junk blogging” for the last 5-6 years.

Photo:Find a hi-res photo from 10 years ago online at http://mguhlin.net/bio

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Rock, er, I mean, Blog Your World!

Source: http://goo.gl/i87WO

Blogging for Groupies

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Where’s Miguel Guhlin?• mguhlin.org• mguhlin.net• moodlemayhem.org• Texas4TEE.net

Connect with “mguhlin” on any or all of elearning platforms and/or media tools:

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Edutopia’s Edublogs We Love: Ten Top Stops for Internet InteractionThese Web sites are the cornerstones of a vast online educational community.

Source: James Daly, Editor-in-Chief, Edutopia, www.edutopia.org

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Where is your virtual space?

Source: http://goo.gl/Z3ExQ

Wiki (share your address)

Blog (share your address)

Photo Sharing?

Social Networking Tools(e.g. Facebook, Twitter)

All?

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why blog?

Source: http://goo.gl/7Q7pH

Tips and suggestions will

appear in orange.

More details on each tip appear

later in the preso.

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4 reasons for blogging

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6 technical tips for bloggers

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1) Writing flows from a moment captured by the voyager; I am he.

“Every experience in our lives is worth writing about.” - Nanci Atwell, In the Middle

Selfhood derives from the sense that one can initiate and carry out activities on one’s own.

Even the simplest narratives are built around an agent-self as a protagonist.

Any system of education or theory of pedagogy that diminishes the school’s role in nurturing its pupils’ self-esteem fails at one of its primary functions.

Personhood implicates narrative.--Jerome Bruner

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“Every experience in our lives is worth writing about.” - Nanci Atwell, In the Middle

Please share in the chat ONE SENTENCE or PHRASE that sums up an experience in your professional work that is worth writing about.

Tip #1 - If you’re not a writer, be a podcaster or vidcaster. (we’ll explore this in more detail in a moment)

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2) I blog to transform my experiences.

The act of creation embodied in this blog, in everything I write, are powerful antidotes to the poison I encounter in the wilderness of despair, of fear, and hypocrisy. Blogging allows me to transform them, like the dragon in one of my favorite stories, St. George and the Dragon and The Quest for the Holy Grail by Edward Hays (http://goo.gl/YX7UB)..

Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkf

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How do you transform your negative experiences in ways that empower you to share your insights with others?

Tip #2 - Start with another’s experience, book quote, blog entry, series of tweets, and then make a connection between your experience and their’s.

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3) Dare to contribute for you are beautiful as well.

When I write, you'll find I'm in the story. When I see something, such as a technical problem, I am any one of the following: 1) An ignorant newbie to linux writing about how he solved a problem, recording it for the future so I won't forget what I've learned along the way; 2) A bridge-builder who labors for those who come behind him; 3) A peacock who faces anger with truth; 4) A turkey who cannot control its temper.

Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

Tip #3 - Build your virtual nest using free or hosted web services. Blogger, Posterous and Tumblr are places to start.

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4) Tell the truth when you write.

Bloggers must wrestle with their ideas, their emotions, the world around them and bring order to it. We need to speak to that struggle, tell when we fail, when we succeed...and find how to best share failures.

Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

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Want to connect with others?

Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

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the read/write web is a massive

playground of information bits that are shared, remixed openly into a fluid and participatory

tapestry.

--Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams, Wikinomics

Source: http://goo.gl/hq2QG

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6 Technical Tips to Blogging Success

Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W

Source: http://goo.gl/yDMTx

Tip #1 - Write or speak

Tip #2 - Make connections

Tip #3 - Build your virtual space

Tip #4 - Robot-size with RSS

Tip #5 - Divert the flow

Tip #6 - Play with Stats

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Tip #1 - Write OR Speak.If you’re not a writer, be a podcaster or vidcaster.

bit.ly/podcastpizzazzbit.ly/podcastpizzazz

http://goo.gl/RVvjw

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Tip #2 - Make Connections Start with another’s experience, book quotes, blog entry, series of tweets, and make a connection.

http://www.diigo.com

http://www.diigo.com

http://diigo.com http://evernote.com

http://livebinder.com

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Tip #2 - Make Connections Start with another’s experience, book quotes, blog entry, series of tweets, and make a connection.

EdTech Bloggershttp://bit.ly/mgedtechfeed

Moodle Bloggershttp://bit.ly/mgmoodlefeed

GoogleApps for Ed Bloggershttp://bit.ly/mggctfeed

Need a quick Professional Learning Network? Start with mine....

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Tip #3 - Build Your Virtual Space Build your virtual spaces using free web services.

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Tip #4 - “Robot-size” with RSSUse Real Simple Syndication (RSS) to spread the word (or your content).

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Tip #5 - “Divert the FlowTake advantage of social networking/media tools to help others see your work.

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Tip #5 - “Divert the FlowTake advantage of social networking/media tools to help others see your work.

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Tip #6 - Play with Stats.Track your visitors and “hits.”

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Statcounter.comStatcounter.com

Tip #6 - Play with Stats.Track your visitors and “hits.”

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Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkfSource: http://goo.gl/KDZ9WLinks:http://clustrmaps.comSome alternatives: http://goo.gl/dBImA

Tip #6 - Play with Stats.Track your visitors and “hits.”

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Tip #6 - Play with Stats.Track your visitors and “hits.”

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How often do students see fresh writing on display from their teachers and

administration?