Also be sure to check out the guest post 30 Twitter Tips for Teachers

When I first read Mashable’s article 10 Ways Twitter Will Change Blog Design in 2009, I was a bit reluctant to buy in. I mean, I had heard of Twitter before. I even got a Twitter account way back over a year ago. But I didn’t really explore it much, and I didn’t see the point. But as I read the post on Mashable and its comments, I began to see that Twitter was something I should begin to explore much more in-depth.

I have come across a few resources about Twitter for teachers lately that I thought you might enjoy.

• Nine great

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Mr. Teacher has one of the most entertaining blogs I’ve seen. In fact, I recommend his blog Learn Me Good to most of my friends who are looking for restroom reading material! I have recently written a guest post for him that will be appearing over there sometime in the next week or so.

While I normally write useful tips and hints for educators, his blog is often filled with humorous anecdotes gleaned from the life of a third grade teacher. I figured I would cater my guest article to his audience and made sure to remove all potentially useful information from it. It’s an amazing story about one of the most unique Christmas gifts I have ever received from…

Nominations are open for the 2008 Edublog Awards. This is an opportunity to recognize outstanding Edubloggers for all of their hard work and service to the Edublogging community. Since Thanksgiving is the time for sharing, I thought I’d nominate a few outstanding blogs here. It’s hard to narrow it down, but these are the ones that came to mind now. Ask me again in an hour and they might all change…

1. Best individual blog – Creating Lifelong Learners (Matthew Needleman)
2. Best group blog -Teacher Magazine Blogboard
3. Best resource sharing blog – Successful Teaching (Pat)
4. Most influential blog post – Cell phone cameras in the K-12 classroom: Punishable offenses or student-citizen journalism? (Dangerously Irrelevant)
5. Best teacher blog – Learn Me

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Thanksgiving is a holiday for remembering what we have and giving thanks to our God for His blessings. I like to spend the months of November and December reaching out and giving. I practice giving as a regular habit throughout much of my life, but I specifically focus in these two months on giving back to my blogging community.

Last year I highlighted a number of readers with Reader Appreciation Month. At the end, I did some great summaries:

• 50 Classroom Management Tips I Have Learned This Month
• 47 Blogs That My Readers Are Reading
• Top 5 Character Traits Of Great Teachers
• 50 Reasons To Love Your Job As A Teacher

I recently created a list of 10…

As my series of 10 Things I Wish I Knew As A First Year Teacher comes to a close, I want to point out that the world has changed dramatically over the last 7 years since I began teaching. As an educator, the primary advantage in the tremendous growth of the Internet would be the incredible EduBlogs that have sprung up.

As someone who is quite technologically sophisticated, the presence of this many blogs would have been tremendously helpful for me back then. The problem is that most of the people out there aren’t quite as technologically saavy as I am. So what is an aspiring young educator to do?

I’ve been thinking about this quite a bit. Honestly, there…

I have done a poor job lately of pointing out some of the great blogs out there that have included So You Want To Teach? in their posting. Thank you so much for considering SYWTT to be a great resource!

If you have linked to me and asked me to do something, I’ll get to it. It is on my back-logged list of things to do. I expect a series of responses to some recent emails coming soon, and I would also expect me to be returning some of the link favors soon.

As you may have noticed that So You Want To Teach? has slowed down quite a bit lately. This is to give me and you a break…

As we continue the Blog Revolution Project, we come to day four of our focus on writing. Today’s article will focus on crafting your own personal style, develop your writing voice.

Newer bloggers may have a struggle with figuring out exactly what approach they want to take with their blog. Think of your writing voice as your brand name. Lea Schizas has written some on this topic at Writing with Passion and Developing Your Voice and Brand

Some common questions may include:

• How do I want to attack each post?
• What kind of a tone should I assume?
• What kind of audience should I expect?

These are all normal. Let’s look at these three questions a little…

So what exactly is The Blog Revolution? We’ll start with some background.

I am a nerd. I am a huge nerd. I was co-president of the computer club in high school, went to the Texas State programming competition. I know a thing or two about computers. I have been reading blogs for the past year and a half. I’ve been reading blogs about blogging for the past year and three months.

I began blogging about the same time. I began blogging regularly in June of 2007. As I got into the EduBlogosphere, I noticed a few things about a lot of smaller blogs.

• Many don’t do a lot of the things that bloggers tend to recommend for growth
• Many

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They say that April showers bring May flowers

South Texas doesn’t experience nearly as much rain as the Dallas/Fort Worth area does. I almost miss the weekly tornado warnings and lightning shows we had up there. But I like being able to see stars at night, it’s a crazy cool trade-off.

Nevertheless, April is the traditional month, at least according to the old adage, for rain.

There have been quite a few links to So You Want To teach? coming in recently.

I want to highlight them, as well as focus on a few other things as I look ahead to May. You see, May will be a record-breaking month for So You Want To teach? and you can join…

Wow, it has been over five months since I have done this kind of thing. I’ve written some informal blog updates from time to time, but nothing formalized like this. I have noticed that So You Want To Teach? seems to be entering a new phase of its life and want to ask you for some help. There’s also a completely unrelated video at the end. But first, the latest blogging news from SYWTT.

• I revamped my Links page today and only put those blogs that had commented or emailed me back in January. Keep reading for info on how to get your link added there.
• We reached 100 subscribers for the first time on November 15th.
• We reached

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My recent tutorial, Double Your FeedBurner RSS Numbers Overnight, has been featured as one of 71 tutorials in Daniel’s Blog Writing Project at Daily Blog Tips. Daily Blog Tips has over 8,500 subscribers and is among the top 500 blogs in Technorati’s ratings. If you wanted to help me out by going to the site, clicking on the article (toward the bottom of the blogging section at the top), and linking to both my article and his, I would be happy.

Heck, while you’re there, check out some of the other great tutorials! Some like these:

• Zero to Rhythm in 12 Days
• How To Eat Healthy At Fast Food Joints
• Tutorial: How to print blog articles the smart way

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This article is part of a Group Writing Project about Building RSS Numbers.

I recently achieved the milestone of having 150 subscribers (I’m still hanging out in that area). In reaching that, I realize that many bloggers use Blogger to host their blogs and FeedBurner for their RSS syndication. That’s a good combination (I much prefer WordPress, but Blogger can be simpler to set up).

This post will serve as a simple tutorial to allow people in this situation to double their subscriber count overnight. If not overnight, then quickly to say the least.

I’ve noticed that a lot of the bloggers who have this setup seem to have low subscriber counts. I noticed that Learn Me Good is still…

November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Jeremy Aldrich.

Name: Jeremy Aldrich
Location: Harrisonburg, Virginia
Occupation: Middle school (6-8) electives – French, Foreign Language Exploratory, and Global Citizenship
Blog: Global Citizenship in a Virtual World

Tell me some of your favorite things about your job
I love the push to keep learning, to keep discovering new questions and to help students discover their own questions.

Tell me some things you loved about your favorite teacher(s)
My favorite teacher, Mr. Newton, helped me feel like I was a good writer. He inspired me to read and to think and to share. He wasn’t fake or shallow with his comments to students….

November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Clix.

Name: Clix
Location: Georgia
Occupation: Freshman English; Journalism
Blog: Epic Adventures Are Often Uncomfortable

Tell me some of your favorite things about your job
I seem to be good at it. I get to explore stories and try new ideas and encourage others to do the same. It’s never dull. I love messing with their heads. I love how wee the freshmen are and watching them grow into young ladies and gentlemen (in theory). I love the power of CONTROLLING LIVES – well, at least for an hour or so a day! I love listening to their ideas and seeing the way…

November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Pat Hensley.

Name: Pat Hensley
Location: South Carolina
Occupation: I was a high school special ed teacher, now I am a college instructor and educational consultant.
Blog: Successful Teaching

Tell me some of your favorite things about your job
Sharing my experiences and helping unexperienced teachers solve problems

Tell me some things you loved about your favorite teacher(s)
Making me feel that I was important, listening to my ideas, and learning new things from them

List some of your most effective classroom management strategies

1. Improving students’ self concept
2. Have a consistent behavior plan

Name (up to) three other…

November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Miss Profe.

Name: Miss Profe
Location:The Northeast
Occupation: Middle/High School Spanish teacher
Blog: It’s A Hardknock Teacher’s Life

Tell me some of your favorite things about your job
The kids, the challenge of teaching a second language in the 21st century

Tell me some things you loved about your favorite teacher(s)
They demanded my best; they recognized my potential.

List some of your most effective classroom management strategies
Walking around the room, tapping on the shoulder, not shouting over students

Name (up to) three other blogs that you frequently visit/subscribe

• Ms. Whatsit
• So You Want To Teach?
• RepairKit

November is Reader Appreciation Month at So You Want To Teach? Today’s featured reader is Miss A.

Name: Miss A
Location: Urban city in the South
Occupation: Teacher, World history, African American History 9-12 grade. Mostly 9th grade
Blog: Confessions From The Couch

Tell me some of your favorite things about your job
Facilitating games, watching students “get it,” being able to explore diverse issues and situations.

Tell me some things you loved about your favorite teacher(s)
They were interactive, they were demanding, had high expectations, friendly.

List some of your most effective classroom management strategies
Interactive classroom seating chart, behavior contracts.

Name (up to) three other blogs that you frequently visit/subscribe

• Secondhand Thoughts

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