Thoughts on blogging.

It has been way too long since my last post. I have to admit to being a reluctant blogger, and I think I have figured out part of the reason why. This weekend I took a few minutes (35, actually) and listened to a podcast of a discussion between Nancie Atwell (author of In the Middle, and middle school teacher extraordinaire) and Tom Newkirk, award winning English professor at UNH. Nancie mentioned that when her students compose on the computer, she has them print out their writing every couple of days and read it over. This gives them the distance they need to reflect on their writing and make appropriate revisions. When I write, I like to come up with a draft, let it sit a day or two, and then reread it and make changes. Blogging is a more immediate kind of writing. Of course, I can save my post, and revisit it on another day, but that is not really the blogging process. That brings me to another excuse for not blogging - taking the time! Watch for at least two more postings this school year.

By the way - I highly recommend the podcast. It can be found on the Heinemann website.