#EdublogsClub Week 1: Goals

 

I decided to start 2017 off with a new challenge…a blogging challenge! I want to get better at posting consistently and Edublogs started a weekly blogging challenge just when I needed it! I’m hopeful that it helps me making writing a more regular part of my week and that I can do a better job of reflecting what wonderful things are happening in our school and in our library.

To begin with, this is not my first blog. I have tried blogging a number of times over the past 5 or so years. My most successful attempt was in graduate school when we were required to blog. Since I was in library school, it was great because I was blogging about books I was reading for my class and I was happy! This blog challenge will stretch my writing to include lots of different topics.

I read many other blogs, but none on a regular basis. I tend to go to blogs when I need them, but there are many that I enjoy reading. I really enjoy reading Mrs. Readerpants and was just checking out her new podcasts today. My sweet friend Cynthia runs a fantastic blog at Librarian in Cute Shoes that was a wonderful resource when I was an elementary school librarian. I really enjoy reading Nerdy Book Club also. Always such fantastic book suggestions. Shannon Miller has an amazing blog called The Library Voice that I enjoy reading for more “back office” library information. To keep up with these, I do follow them all through Feedly so I can see when a new post is shared, but often I just visit the sites when I think of them. Maybe this blogging exercise will help keep it in the forefront of my mind and I’ll make more of an effort to check those sites more frequently.

I do have some goals for myself during this blogging challenge. My main goal is: consistency. As I’ve said, I want to make blogging on a regular basis just part of what I do during the week. Wonderful things happen at AHS every day and I want to share those things. I use Twitter for that also, but blogging will give me a platform to go a little further in depth. I also want this blog to be a record of the library’s school year. A place to go back and read about what worked and what didn’t.

No better time to begin then now! Happy New Year!

7 Comments
  1. Your blog URL caught my attention first and foremost because your initials are the same as the high school library I work in/for/at. We’re Albany High School! We use our mascot, the falcon, as part of our URL.

  2. Hi Mrs Montgomery

    I love how you set yourself some goals for the blogging challenge. Participating in a challenge is a good way to help build consistency.

    I would also encourage you to set a goal of commenting on some posts by other participants. Commenting Is an important part of blogging and a great way of getting ideas for topics we might want to write about.

    Lyn Hilt talks about commenting in her blog story post and has added a goal for it “I also appreciate that I will be introduced to a number of new educational bloggers and will strive to comment on three others’ posts per week.” – http://lynhilt.com/my-blog-story/

    @suewaters

    • Thank you Ms. Waters! And you’re right…commenting is an important part of the blogging process isn’t it? I like the idea of a goal to not only blog, but comment on others’ too. Thank you!

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