Comments on: “Toto, I have a feeling we are not in Kansas anymore!” (or, How to get started in the Edublogosphere…) http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/06/11/how-to-get-started-in-the-edublogosphere/ Education, Technology, Productivity. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:36:36 +0000 hourly 1 By: Randy Nolan http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/06/11/how-to-get-started-in-the-edublogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-3450 Randy Nolan Wed, 25 Jun 2008 23:34:38 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=307#comment-3450 Doug, if you are setting up a new discussion space to facilitate conversations among postgrads, count me in. I'm only an occasional contributor, but a committed lurker, in the edublogosphere, and I'm looking for all the help I can get, particularly in relating the new web affordances to education theories. Doug, if you are setting up a new discussion space to facilitate conversations among postgrads, count me in. I'm only an occasional contributor, but a committed lurker, in the edublogosphere, and I'm looking for all the help I can get, particularly in relating the new web affordances to education theories.

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]]> By: Randy Nolan http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/06/11/how-to-get-started-in-the-edublogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-3092 Randy Nolan Wed, 25 Jun 2008 22:34:38 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=307#comment-3092 Doug, if you are setting up a new discussion space to facilitate conversations among postgrads, count me in. I'm only an occasional contributor, but a committed lurker, in the edublogosphere, and I'm looking for all the help I can get, particularly in relating the new web affordances to education theories. Doug, if you are setting up a new discussion space to facilitate conversations among postgrads, count me in. I'm only an occasional contributor, but a committed lurker, in the edublogosphere, and I'm looking for all the help I can get, particularly in relating the new web affordances to education theories.

]]> By: Randy Nolan http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/06/11/how-to-get-started-in-the-edublogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-1930 Randy Nolan Wed, 25 Jun 2008 16:34:38 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=307#comment-1930 Doug, if you are setting up a new discussion space to facilitate conversations among postgrads, count me in. I'm only an occasional contributor, but a committed lurker, in the edublogosphere, and I'm looking for all the help I can get, particularly in relating the new web affordances to education theories. Doug, if you are setting up a new discussion space to facilitate conversations among postgrads, count me in. I'm only an occasional contributor, but a committed lurker, in the edublogosphere, and I'm looking for all the help I can get, particularly in relating the new web affordances to education theories.

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/06/11/how-to-get-started-in-the-edublogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-929 Doug Belshaw Thu, 12 Jun 2008 16:08:04 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=307#comment-929 Thanks for the comment! Good idea about starting off with iGoogle - hadn't<br>thought of that. :-) I certainly shared your frustrations when I was on<br>teaching practice 4 years ago, which is why I set up<br><a href="http://www.mrbelshaw.co.ukthen" rel="nofollow">www.mrbelshaw.co.ukthen</a>. Well done for having started blogging - don't<br>worry about needing to<br>explicitly promote your blog: the link to your website in the comments<br>section does that for you! Thanks for the comment! Good idea about starting off with iGoogle – hadn't
thought of that. :-) I certainly shared your frustrations when I was on
teaching practice 4 years ago, which is why I set up
http://www.mrbelshaw.co.ukthen. Well done for having started blogging – don't
worry about needing to
explicitly promote your blog: the link to your website in the comments
section does that for you!

]]> By: Dan http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/06/11/how-to-get-started-in-the-edublogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-928 Dan Thu, 12 Jun 2008 11:43:58 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=307#comment-928 Hi Doug,<br><br>Thanks for this - very useful. I'm just about to finish my PGCE year and whilst I've been blogging for a while, I've recently abandoned my previous blog and started an 'edublog'. This is in the most party due to Julia Davies' blog '<a href='http://digital-literacies.blogspot.com/' rel="nofollow">Digital Literacies'</a> but also due to you.<br><br>I am constantly frustrated by the attitude to technology shared by many staff at the schools I've been on placement on, and the filtering of the school network that prevents me accessing potentially useful educational resources. I started a blog to get involved in the debate about this, and about where English as a subject should go.<br><br>Like your emailers, I wasn't sure how to get involved but slowly I'm getting a network of blogs I read on a daily basis. Rather than using google reader, I have my iGoogle page set up to pick up the RSS of the most interesting, imho, edublogs out there. I'm slowly becoming brave enough to comment where I feel it's appropriate, without sounding like I'm promoting my own blog. Hi Doug,

Thanks for this – very useful. I'm just about to finish my PGCE year and whilst I've been blogging for a while, I've recently abandoned my previous blog and started an 'edublog'. This is in the most party due to Julia Davies' blog 'Digital Literacies' but also due to you.

I am constantly frustrated by the attitude to technology shared by many staff at the schools I've been on placement on, and the filtering of the school network that prevents me accessing potentially useful educational resources. I started a blog to get involved in the debate about this, and about where English as a subject should go.

Like your emailers, I wasn't sure how to get involved but slowly I'm getting a network of blogs I read on a daily basis. Rather than using google reader, I have my iGoogle page set up to pick up the RSS of the most interesting, imho, edublogs out there. I'm slowly becoming brave enough to comment where I feel it's appropriate, without sounding like I'm promoting my own blog.

]]> By: Doug Belshaw http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/06/11/how-to-get-started-in-the-edublogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-1929 Doug Belshaw Thu, 12 Jun 2008 10:08:04 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=307#comment-1929 Thanks for the comment! Good idea about starting off with iGoogle - hadn't<br>thought of that. :-) I certainly shared your frustrations when I was on<br>teaching practice 4 years ago, which is why I set up<br><a href="http://www.mrbelshaw.co.ukthen" rel="nofollow">www.mrbelshaw.co.ukthen</a>. Well done for having started blogging - don't<br>worry about needing to<br>explicitly promote your blog: the link to your website in the comments<br>section does that for you! Thanks for the comment! Good idea about starting off with iGoogle – hadn't
thought of that. :-) I certainly shared your frustrations when I was on
teaching practice 4 years ago, which is why I set up
http://www.mrbelshaw.co.ukthen. Well done for having started blogging – don't
worry about needing to
explicitly promote your blog: the link to your website in the comments
section does that for you!

]]> By: Dan http://dougbelshaw.com/blog/2008/06/11/how-to-get-started-in-the-edublogosphere/comment-page-1/#comment-1928 Dan Thu, 12 Jun 2008 05:43:58 +0000 http://www.dougbelshaw.com/?p=307#comment-1928 Hi Doug,<br><br>Thanks for this - very useful. I'm just about to finish my PGCE year and whilst I've been blogging for a while, I've recently abandoned my previous blog and started an 'edublog'. This is in the most party due to Julia Davies' blog '<a href='http://digital-literacies.blogspot.com/' rel="nofollow">Digital Literacies'</a> but also due to you.<br><br>I am constantly frustrated by the attitude to technology shared by many staff at the schools I've been on placement on, and the filtering of the school network that prevents me accessing potentially useful educational resources. I started a blog to get involved in the debate about this, and about where English as a subject should go.<br><br>Like your emailers, I wasn't sure how to get involved but slowly I'm getting a network of blogs I read on a daily basis. Rather than using google reader, I have my iGoogle page set up to pick up the RSS of the most interesting, imho, edublogs out there. I'm slowly becoming brave enough to comment where I feel it's appropriate, without sounding like I'm promoting my own blog. Hi Doug,

Thanks for this – very useful. I'm just about to finish my PGCE year and whilst I've been blogging for a while, I've recently abandoned my previous blog and started an 'edublog'. This is in the most party due to Julia Davies' blog 'Digital Literacies' but also due to you.

I am constantly frustrated by the attitude to technology shared by many staff at the schools I've been on placement on, and the filtering of the school network that prevents me accessing potentially useful educational resources. I started a blog to get involved in the debate about this, and about where English as a subject should go.

Like your emailers, I wasn't sure how to get involved but slowly I'm getting a network of blogs I read on a daily basis. Rather than using google reader, I have my iGoogle page set up to pick up the RSS of the most interesting, imho, edublogs out there. I'm slowly becoming brave enough to comment where I feel it's appropriate, without sounding like I'm promoting my own blog.

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