Monday, February 2, 2015

Blogging about Critical Issues in Education


Unless you are already in the practice of checking news and media sources on a regular basis, it can be challenging to stay current on the issues being discussed in relation to our field. This blog has been created to support exploration of educational issues from a variety of sources. We will talk about some of the different media venues we might want to use and I have also included some links to the right.

Our goal is to cultivate a habit of practice of regularly monitoring or reading and writing/posting reviews [or annotated bibliographies as appropriate] on important educational topics. Aim for at least one posting a week, and try looking at a variety of sources outside of the ones you typically frequent. Sources can include newspapers, research journals, books, book chapters, magazines, and radio segments or podcast, television shows, and credible internet media. In other words...the gamut!

Tips:
Practice your blogging skills and embedded visuals or multimedia.
Please ensure links are live.
Don't forget to add a label so that we can access posts by themes. A number have already been created in previous posts created by my students in other courses, so use those or create new ones as needed.

Posts can be either a short form annotated bibliography, or a summary that includes the following:
  • Title
  • Source/Author/Date
  • URL Link
  • Key Points
  • Relevance
  • Intended Audience

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