Category Archives: Blogging

Blogging…

Posted on February 5, 2013 by Mr. John Hendron | Permalink 1

I get asked a lot by my colleagues how to improve at blogging. Some questions are particularly focused on teachers as bloggers. One tip I haven’t shared, is that I made 10 blog posts out of 10 tips. I “front … Continue reading →
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Blogging, Professional Reflections

(Re)Introducing the Virginia Education Report

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Jon Becker | Permalink 0

A while back, my edu-colleague Chad Ratliff asked me if I was interested in joining him in an effort to create a space for “independent” reporting and commentary on educational policy issues in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It was a terrific idea, and soon the Virginia Education Report was born. We had lots of grand [...] Read more »

Blogging, community, Ed. Policy, social media, VER

Honoring the occasion

Posted on September 19, 2012 by Jon Becker | Permalink 0

[NOTE: it may ultimately be that the subtitle of this post is "...or how I am justifying my attendance at the Bammys." If this post sounds defensive, maybe that's where it's coming from. I don't know; you make the call.] One of my mentors once taught me about “honoring the occasion.” I think it was [...] Read more »

awards, Bammys, Blogging, social media

My department’s new media ecosystem

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Jon Becker | Permalink 0

The text below is from an email I sent to the department faculty and to all of the doctoral students in the department (we have a Ph.D. program and an Ed.D. program. Combined, there are probably 100 or so active doctoral students across the two programs). By copying that text here, I am hereby inviting [...] Read more »

Blogging, community, facebook, social media, twitter

Categories and Tags for Organization

Posted on March 31, 2012 by Mr. John Hendron | Permalink 0

The concept of folksonomy is organization by keywords… the fancy 21st century term for these are tags. Watch the video below for tips on organizing blog posts for your digital portfolio using the categories and tags in WordPress. It not … Continue reading → Read more »

Blogging, folksonomy, Resources

“Academic blogging” qua peer review

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Jon Becker | Permalink 0


Unless you live under a rock (or if you don’t track education policy matters through social media – same thing), you know about the “big” study about teacher effects that was conducted by Chetty, Friedman and Rockoff, disseminated through NBER and reported in multiple outlets, most notably the New York Times. This is an important [...] Read more »

Blogging, Ed. Research, peer-review, research, scholarly communication, scholarship

Justifying Blogging

Posted on July 14, 2011 by Mr. John Hendron | Permalink 0

In class this evening, several folks had questions about the use of all the different technology tools we’ve been provided in class. I thought it was an appropriate discussion, but one that wasn’t ultimately resolved. I heard more than one … Continue reading → Read more »

Blogging, edlp700, Learning Reflections

To Blog or Not to Blog…

Posted on July 12, 2011 by Karen Duffy | Permalink 8

….that is the subject of today’s post. I have always considered myself a good student.  Rule followers typically are good students. …

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