Blogs may be used by educational leaders as powerful communication tools to connect and inform. Blogs provide quick access to information by stakeholders of any particular situation. An effective educational leader will use a blog to build consensus and a sense of collaboration among teachers, students, parents and the larger community. Sharing information creates dialogue and feedback.
In our text, Leading With Passion and Knowledge, Dana (2009) submits that an educational blog may be utilized as:
- An online posting of professional thoughts, questions, or experiences where others can read and respond. Dana describes her blog as her "personal learning hub."
- A connection to a large audience of principals and administrators. Principal Glenn Moses refers to his blog as "my personal learning community."
- A powerful data collection tool. "Wonderings" can be recorded and re-visited as inquiry unfolds. "Journaling or blogging can serve as your personal pensieve to capture and store your thoughts and recollections safely so you can share then with teaching colleagues or other administrators and return to them at various times in the evolution of your inquiry, gaining new and deeper insights with each visit."
I really like the idea of blogs for the administrator being "personal learning communities." As we become new administrators these type of blogging learning communities will help us refelct as leaders and therefore create action research ideas that will better help ourselves and our campuses.
ReplyDeleteVery true,Gretchen. And we get to see how we will have grown through this blogging experience. It's new to me, but I'm enjoying it, thus far.
ReplyDeleteWe are a Professional Learning Community, on our blogs and FB Group.