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By: Revisiting Your Blogroll « Thumann Resources

Revisiting Your Blogroll « Thumann Resources — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 12:56:56 +0000

[...] by lthumann on October 3, 2009 I actually blogged about this last summer after Building Learning Communities 2008 (BLC08). But it’s something [...]

By: lthumann

lthumann — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 15:29:41 +0000

@lparisi – sorry for taking so long to respond to your comment…
As I wrote in my post, the blogs in my blogroll are there because they are the ones that I have subscribed to in my Google Reader. Also, they should give someone reading http://thumannresources.com an idea of who I interact with and what topics I’m interested in reading. For the most part these bloggers are part of my PLN. But I have to add that after BLC08 I need to go add a few more since I had a chance to talk with so many people from my PLN F2F, I really felt a connection with them and will make the time to read their blog. I, too, agree with Beth that adding a reminder to the calendar is a great idea.

@cathyjo – You are so sweet. We need to include you in the conversation we are having with @joycevalenza and @lizbdavis as we move forward. We missed you!

By: Larry Ferlazzo

Larry Ferlazzo — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 02:58:30 +0000

Lisa,

First, thanks for including me in your blogroll.

Second, you propose an excellent question.

Since the focus of my blog is resource sharing and ESL/EFL, I primarily include blogs that relate to one or the other (or to both) in my blogroll. I figure that’s what people who read my blog are most interested in.

Larry

By: Cathy Nelson

Cathy Nelson — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:14:04 +0000

Lisa thanks for commenting on my post about missing BLC. I have thought a lot about why I have blogs listed in my blogroll. As a newbie almost 2 years ago, I listed every blog from my reader, but then my reader greww to too many to list. Then I whittled it back to just the ones that impacted my learning. But then that got very long too. So now it is a list of blogs I think beginners would enjoy. That’s crazy right? But when you do PD, and you are evangelizing the power of reading blogs in a reader, it’s nice to point newbies to my blogroll, and say “start there.”

I also have categories–yes–it does sound like overkill. But I’ve categorized some for “Teacher Librarians” and others for “Just SC folks.” I am forever trying to lift up the colleagues in my own state, and that is one way to do it. (of course it also gives them a technorati boost too, though I’ve recently decided I do not trust technorati.)

You girls (you and Liz) have definitely taken a leadership role at the EdubloggerCon East, and Im just glad I was able to be a virtual participant. Remember in Philly at our late night dinner when Joyce V said “you girls are the next keynoters?” Well i do believe you and Liz made a definite step in that direction! I’m still a wannabe. I can visualize both of you now keynoting at EduCon 2.1…maybe I’ll email Chris Lehmann and make that recommendation today.

By: Lisa Parisi

Lisa Parisi — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 13:12:02 +0000

Beth, I love the idea of adding an update date to my calendar. I actually have not updated my blogroll in ages. Thank you Lisa for reminding me to check it out. Where is the list of your blogs with the reasons you follow? I was interested in seeing that.

By: Richard Kassissieh

Richard Kassissieh — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:42:19 +0000

Mine is very simple. I include all the blogs I read for professional purposes. My main reason is to provide links for people seeing more sources to read
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Richard

By: Beth Knittle

Beth Knittle — Tue, 15 Jul 2008 12:41:12 +0000

Hi Lisa,

The blogs on my blog roll are those I recommend for teachers I work with in my district. I try to update it every 6 months or so. I place a note in my calendar to look it over for changed links and add or delete as necessary. Will be doing this update in another month. They starting points for them. I also show teachers my bloglines page so they can see the much larger list of what I actually read.