Summer would be a great time for educators to contribute a blog. They could make this a summer blog and declare it as such. If time did not allow during “the season”, they could simply not add posts.
A summer teacher blog could take various approaches and meet various goals. My son in law has started a blog describing his summer adventures exploring different locations with his young son. He is a teacher and his focus on teaching high school English would fit nicely with blogging. A summer blog will be a way for him to explore the tool and generate some content.
A summer blog could be a way to extend communication with last year’s class or classes or to offer an introduction to the new group coming in next year. The blog could be content related or a way to create or extend relationships.
A summer blog could be content related. Write about the content area you teach. What interesting things have you discovered related to this content. I suppose some of my blogging would fit into this category.
A summer blog could reflect your self-imposed or formal professional development. What are you reading or experiencing and what insights have you gained. I have long argued that teaching or authoring to learn are great ways to develop a deeper understanding of the content we explore.
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