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Top ten UK education blogs

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Photo by Hence The Book on unsplash Today I was notified that this blog has been listed in the top ten of the UK's most influential education blogs by Vuelio for 2019. There are thousands of blogs dedicated to education in the UK, and many of them have great content that can inspire, inform or challenge. Unported License.

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Blogging: Five of the best

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As this blog approaches 8.5 Blogging has always been one of the ways I best express my ideas, and coupled with teaching, public speaking and a number of interviews on video and through podcasting, it has been my main channel of communication and dialogue with my professional community in recent years. I couldn't let that one lie.

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Reasons to be blogging. 1 2 3.

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Image from Pixabay I'm often asked why I blog. Here are 5 reasons: Firstly, blogging keeps me focused and engaged. I'm always seeking new ideas and content for my next blog. Also, you're only as good as your last blog post! Then I blog about them. Secondly, blogging helps me to think more clearly.

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Blogging with Freire

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So Freire didn't actually live to see the power and potential of social media, or the impact blogging would have on education. But what would he have said about blogs if he had been witness to the participatory web in all its present glory? Dialogue, as the encounter of those addressed to the common task of learning.

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Blogging as literacy

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My view is that in the social media universe, blogging is potentially the most powerful tool. Time and again, blogging is proving its worth in education and training, with countless learners discovering that sharing their ideas, sharing content and discussion ideas worldwide has a whole range of benefits. Unported License.

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3 things you should know about blogging

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One of the best ways to do this is through blogging - sharing your thoughts, ideas, best practice, and so on, using a public online platform. Following on from various blog posts such as 7 reasons teachers should blog , and a recent video I produced called 3 things you should know about Twitter , here is another short video.

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I'm blogging this

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As you might expect, I encourage my students to blog regularly to support their learning. I have written extensively on the benefits of academic blogging , but perhaps the two most important positive outcomes are personal reflection and public dialogue. Some of my current group of education students are particularly active in blogging.