Tag Archives: blogging
6th Blog Birthday
I like to celebrate the birthday of my blog every year (see 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th birthday posts). I started this blog over 2,000 days ago. I take this annual birthday celebration time to reflect on my blogging … Continue reading
Another Year of Blogging- 2017
December is often a time for Top Ten Lists, reflections, and preparations for goals and aspirations for the new year. I like to use this time to reflect on what I blogged about and what I want my blog to … Continue reading
My Blog is 5 Today!
Each year, on July 14 (or later if I forget to hit publish on time!), I take a moment to reflect on my blogging journey. In 2012, after attending my first ISTE conference, I started this blog for my own … Continue reading
A Year of Blogging – 2016
December is often a time for Top Ten Lists, reflections, and preparations for goals and aspirations for the new year. Last December I picked my favorite posts from 2015. This year, inspired by the Five Survey I did earlier this … Continue reading
Happy 4th Birthday Reflections!
Wow. I published my first blog post four years ago. 2012. I was in a different job, in a different district. I hadn’t begun my doctoral program yet. I was looking for ways to share my learning publicly for my … Continue reading
Blogging Reflection
I recently rediscovered a Blogger account I have no memory of creating it (back in 2009!). It was my first attempt to make my writing practice public. I was very hesitant to say much and there is no record of … Continue reading
Key Words
Every once in awhile I like to put my blog’s URL into a word cloud generator and see what comes up. The bigger the word, the more prominently it was used in my posts. Last January learning and reflections were … Continue reading
Keep Calm and Blog On
How many Keep Calm and… posters, pictures, and memes have you seen in the last year? I can’t even begin to count how many I see on Pinterest and Instagram on a daily basis. However, for the first year or … Continue reading
My Beautiful Question
As I wrote about earlier this week, we are now in the middle of Question Week. One of the resources for individuals to consider is this article by Warren Berger, about forgetting a new years resolution and writing a beautiful … Continue reading
Find Your Big Magic
After reading Elizabeth Gilbert’s Big Magic: Creative Living Beyond Fear, I was inspired to create more. My preferred form of creativity is writing. Just as Gilbert advises, I write for me, because I love writing and writing loves me. I … Continue reading