A draft of a preso I'm doing this coming Saturday. Any feedback, critique welcome. More details online at http://mguhlin.org

1. Paragraph Description of Session:
In this enchantingly mundane preso, veteran blogger Miguel Guhlin
shares his meteoric rise to rock star status as a blogger, confesses
his blogging addiction, time spent in rehab and offers a retrospective
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look at blogging as therapeutic nonsense worth tracking and sharing.
About Miguel Guhlin:
Although the official press releases can be found at http://
mguhlin.net, please know that Miguel has served as a classroom
teacher, administrator in Texas schools, worked as a consultant prior
to the Sad Economic Depression of 2010, tortured thousands with his
desert-dry humor (you’re next), and has been “junk blogging” for the
last 5-6 years.
Photo:
Find a hi-res photo from 10 years ago online at http://mguhlin.net/
bio

2. Rock, er, I mean, Blog Your World!
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Source: http://goo.gl/i87WO
Blogging for Groupies

3. Where’s Miguel Guhlin?
• mguhlin.org
• mguhlin.net
• moodlemayhem.org
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• Texas4TEE.net
Connect with “mguhlin” on any or all of
elearning platforms and/or media tools:

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Edutopia’s Edublogs We Love: Ten Top Stops for Internet Interaction
These Web sites are the cornerstones of a vast online educational community.
Source: James Daly, Editor-in-Chief, Edutopia, www.edutopia.org

5. Social Networking Tools Blog (share your address)
(e.g. Facebook, Twitter)
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All?
Wiki (share your address) Photo Sharing?
Source: http://goo.gl/Z3ExQ
Where is your virtual space?

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Tips and
suggestions will
appear in orange.
More details on
each tip appear
later in the preso.
Source: http://goo.gl/7Q7pH
why blog?

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4 reasons for blogging
and
6 technical tips for bloggers

8. 1) Writing flows from a moment
captured by the voyager; I am he.
Selfhood derives from the sense
that one can initiate and carry out
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activities on one’s own.
Even the simplest narratives are built
around an agent-self as a protagonist.
Any system of education or theory of
pedagogy that diminishes the school’s
role in nurturing its pupils’ self-esteem
fails at one of its primary functions.
Personhood implicates narrative.
--Jerome Bruner
“Every experience in our lives is worth writing about.”
- Nanci Atwell, In the Middle

9. “Every experience in our lives is worth
writing about.”
- Nanci Atwell, In the Middle
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Please share in the chat ONE SENTENCE or PHRASE
that sums up an experience in your professional work that
is worth writing about.
Tip #1 - If you’re not a writer, be a podcaster or
vidcaster. (we’ll explore this in more detail in a moment)

10. 2) I blog to transform my experiences.
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Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkf
The act of creation embodied in this blog, in everything I write, are powerful
antidotes to the poison I encounter in the wilderness of despair, of fear, and
hypocrisy. Blogging allows me to transform them, like the dragon in one of my
favorite stories, St. George and the Dragon and The Quest for the Holy Grail
by Edward Hays (http://goo.gl/YX7UB)..

11. How do you transform your negative experiences in
ways that empower you to share your insights with
others?
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Tip #2 - Start with another’s experience, book quote,
blog entry, series of tweets, and then make a
connection between your experience and their’s.

12. 3) Dare to contribute for you are
beautiful as well.
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Tip #3 - Build your
virtual nest using
free or hosted web
services. Blogger,
Posterous and
Tumblr are places to
start.
Source: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W
Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkf
When I write, you'll find I'm in the story. When I see something, such as a
technical problem, I am any one of the following: 1) An ignorant newbie to linux
writing about how he solved a problem, recording it for the future so I won't
forget what I've learned along the way; 2) A bridge-builder who labors for those
who come behind him; 3) A peacock who faces anger with truth; 4) A turkey who
cannot control its temper.

13. 4) Tell the truth when you write.
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Source: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W
Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkf
Bloggers must wrestle with their ideas, their emotions,
the world around them and bring order to it. We need to
speak to that struggle, tell when we fail, when we
succeed...and find how to best share failures.

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Want to connect with others?

15. the read/write
web is a massive
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playground of
information bits
that are shared,
remixed openly
into a fluid and
participatory
tapestry.
Source: http://goo.gl/hq2QG --Don Tapscott and Anthony Williams,
Wikinomics

16. 6 Technical Tips to Blogging Success
Tip #1 - Write or speak
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Tip #2 - Make connections
Tip #3 - Build your virtual
space
Tip #4 - Robot-size with
RSS
Source: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W
Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkf
Tip #5 - Divert the flow
Source: http://goo.gl/yDMTx Tip #6 - Play with Stats

17. Tip #1 - Write OR Speak.
If you’re not a writer, be a podcaster or vidcaster.
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bit.ly/podcastpizzazz
Source: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W
Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkf
http://goo.gl/RVvjw

18. Tip #2 - Make Connections
Start with another’s experience, book quotes, blog
entry, series of tweets, and make a connection.
http://diigo.com http://evernote.com
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.com
http://www.diigo
Source: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W
Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkf
http://livebinder.com

19. Tip #2 - Make Connections
Start with another’s experience, book quotes, blog
entry, series of tweets, and make a connection.
Need a quick
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Professional Learning
Network? Start with
mine....
EdTech Bloggers
http://bit.ly/mgedtechfeed
Moodle Bloggers
Source: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W
Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkf http://bit.ly/mgmoodlefeed
GoogleApps for Ed Bloggers
http://bit.ly/mggctfeed

20. Tip #3 - Build Your Virtual Space
Build your virtual spaces using free web services.
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Source: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W
Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkf

21. Tip #4 - “Robot-size” with RSS
Use Real Simple Syndication (RSS) to spread the
word (or your content).
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Source: http://goo.gl/KDZ9W
Source: http://goo.gl/DdGkf
Source: http://goo.gl/yDMTx

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Tip #5 - “Divert the Flow
Take advantage of social networking/media tools to
help others see your work.

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Tip #5 - “Divert the Flow
Take advantage of social networking/media tools to
help others see your work.

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Tip #6 - Play with Stats.
Track your visitors and “hits.”

25. Statcounter.com
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Tip #6 - Play with Stats.
Track your visitors and “hits.”

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Links:
http://clustrmaps.com
Some alternatives: http://goo.gl/dBImA
Tip #6 - Play with Stats.
Track your visitors and “hits.”

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Tip #6 - Play with Stats.
Track your visitors and “hits.”

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How often do students see
fresh writing on display
from their teachers and
administration?