World History
Teachers speak out of turn. I encourage everybody to check out this article in today's USA Today. It features K-12 teachers who actively blog. Several history bloggers are included. In fact, the most prominently featured blogger is elementaryhistoryteacher of History is Elementary and American Presidents Blog fame. As she has a post featured in almost every History Carnival, she is probably familiar to many readers.
This article also reveals elementaryhistoryteacher's real identity. She is shown to be:
"Lisa Cooper, 44, a teacher in Atlanta who blogs under 'elementaryhistoryteacher,' says her blog helps her gather her thoughts and speak for herself."
Lisa is a a fourth-grade teacher at Villa Rica (Ga.) Elementary. My congratulations to Lisa for getting such excellent exposure. I hope it brings her lots of new readers who keep coming back.
Several other history teachers/bloggers are also covered. This includes an example of what not to do when blogging. Note this bad example:
"They may make good reading, but do blogs make schools better? The blogosphere split over that question last spring, when the anonymous teacher-blogger at Chicago's Fenger High posted a series of rambling, caustic narratives titled Fast Times at Regnef (Fenger spelled backward). He painted a picture of a dangerous, chaotic school where students showed up stoned, skipped class to sell drugs, trashed teachers' cars and had sex in the hallways. As it turned out, the blogger, who quit after students learned his identity, was a history teacher who had helped a group of students make it to the county finals of a mock trial competition."
It is always a bad idea to be negative about your employer in a blog. Using a pseudonym is always a good idea if you value your privacy and still want to blog. But eventually, every pseudonym gets revealed. I encourage all history bloggers to use common sense when blogging about work!
This is a great article and I hope it brings even more K-12 history bloggers into the history blogosphere. My thanks to Greg Toppo for writing it.
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World History
Teachers speak out of turn
Teachers speak out of turn. I encourage everybody to check out this article in today's USA Today. It features K-12 teachers who actively blog. Several history bloggers are included. In fact, the most prominently featured blogger is elementaryhistoryteacher of History is Elementary and American Presidents Blog fame. As she has a post featured in almost every History Carnival, she is probably familiar to many readers.
This article also reveals elementaryhistoryteacher's real identity. She is shown to be:
"Lisa Cooper, 44, a teacher in Atlanta who blogs under 'elementaryhistoryteacher,' says her blog helps her gather her thoughts and speak for herself."
Lisa is a a fourth-grade teacher at Villa Rica (Ga.) Elementary. My congratulations to Lisa for getting such excellent exposure. I hope it brings her lots of new readers who keep coming back.
Several other history teachers/bloggers are also covered. This includes an example of what not to do when blogging. Note this bad example:
"They may make good reading, but do blogs make schools better? The blogosphere split over that question last spring, when the anonymous teacher-blogger at Chicago's Fenger High posted a series of rambling, caustic narratives titled Fast Times at Regnef (Fenger spelled backward). He painted a picture of a dangerous, chaotic school where students showed up stoned, skipped class to sell drugs, trashed teachers' cars and had sex in the hallways. As it turned out, the blogger, who quit after students learned his identity, was a history teacher who had helped a group of students make it to the county finals of a mock trial competition."
It is always a bad idea to be negative about your employer in a blog. Using a pseudonym is always a good idea if you value your privacy and still want to blog. But eventually, every pseudonym gets revealed. I encourage all history bloggers to use common sense when blogging about work!
This is a great article and I hope it brings even more K-12 history bloggers into the history blogosphere. My thanks to Greg Toppo for writing it.
- The 2007 Cliopatria Awards: Nominations
The Cliopatria Awards recognize the best history writing in the blogosphere. There will be awards in six categories: Best Group Blog Best Individual Blog Best New Blog Best Post Best Series of Posts Best Writer Cliopatria, as host of the awards, is ineligible...
- 2006 Cliopatria Awards Nominations
Nominations for the 2006 Cliopatria Awards Nominations are now open. The Cliopatria Awards recognize the best history writing in the blogosphere. Bloggers are encouraged to nominate candidates for Best Individual Blog, Best Group Blog, Best New Blog,...
- History At The Academic Blog Portal
There is a new wiki project called the Academic Blog Portal. The FAQ at the site notes, "This is a portal that is intended to provide resources for (a) academic bloggers, and (b) people who want to read academic blogs. It is a first step towards Scott...
- World History Blog Banned In India!
It is true. This blog has been banned by the Indian government and Internet Service Providers have been ordered to block this url. Am I really that subversive? Do I help to spread dissent or bad karma? Unfortunately, I am not alone. Millions of blogs...
- Moving To New Digital Challenges
This may come as a surprise to many of my readers, but today is the first day in almost 25 years that I won't be in a brick and mortar classroom. It was a bittersweet last two days with my students as I have an amazing bunch of kids (two classes...