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Beginnings

Started blog in 2009

Previously avoided blogs

Goal - inspire to integrate technology in new ways

Originally every day

Now 2-3 per week

Promoting

Website home page

Email signature

Auto-post to Twitter feed and Facebook page

Link to Feedly (reader)

Nature of articles

200-400 words

Images, video, sound

Informal

Practical

How-to, new stuff, wisdom

Sources of material

Common questions about Sakai, etc.

News from other blogs - I follow thirty of them

Consultations - how-to

Popular content

Tablet tools

Presentation - PPT and Prezi

Concept mapping

Academic posters

Any kind of list - 10 of this, 7 of that

Evidence of successFew comments or likes - material not controversial, audience not into blogs

Stats - 700 followers, 250 daily views, 210K overall

Referrals to blog posts

Emails from faculty

Growing followership

Modest recognition

Benefits

Keeping up to date

Repository of answers

Working with WordPress

Blog platform

Content management

Course website

LTC book

Wordpress.com vs. hosted vs. in-house

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