Websites, Blogsites, oh my!

Bryoncarpneter.com was started in September 2009 while I was teaching at Yale Secondary.   Since that time my website has been Goomla, Wordpress, blogger.com and now Google Sites.

The reason for this site is to test to see which is best for my purpose.  Is there one "get myself out there website" that is best?  Well that depends.  Depends on a number factors from how digitally literate are you (not being condescending by the way), how much work you want to put into posting and what are you reasons for posting.  Blogging is a good reason to have a "website" as it can be a public facing journal about something you are learning.  There are many reasons people blog which can be found at http://contentmarketinginstitute.com/2010/05/37-reasons-to-blog/.

Website you ask?  Are you needing a place to post information that other will need to see, for example, as classroom teacher having a class website?  This can be informative but not very dynamic.  You could post blog entries on to a website, like I'm doing right now.  This can make your site more dynamic as the information has a more up-to-date feel but not necessarily needing to edit pages.  Blog post can be posted via email which makes blogging possible from wherever, whenever.

Ultimately your digital footprint is being affected by your online actions.  So, choose wisely in what you post and how you post.

Stay safe.

Carpenter out!

At the beginning of a new year, but not the school year.

Happy New Year 2016.  I trust that you had a good Christmas Break and are refreshed and ready to return to your post.  I found this cartoon hilarious but all to true as it takes energy to reengage after a time of rest.

 

New devices, new years resolution and reflection are on our minds as we start up our classrooms again.  It’s a softer start as our students are already used to our teaching routines since September 2015.  But this softer start may be a time to reflect on how the Fall went for your classroom (students directly affected by your teaching practice).  This time of reflection is not so that we can beat ourselves up over what went wrong but to look at what went right and to make the right part better than before.    Don’t be a “No, but…” teacher but be a “Yes, and…” teacher.

Over the next while I will blog about apps and devices for use in education.  This will not be an exhaustive review but a look at how we use tools for different jobs.

As a teaser, consider the hammer.  What’s the best hammer for you?  Depends…