Now that I got past the design issues, I reflected on blogging itself. I find that the most challenging part of blogging is keeping up with it. I have set up several in the past and the students are all gung ho at first but then they move on to different things and the responses trickle down. I guess in the elementary school world this is more realistic than say an ongoing commercial blog. I have noticed though that often it happens there also. People get busy and don't always have time to keep updating the posts. Short term - such as this class, they can be very useful.
Thing 46 - Breakout Edu
I love solving puzzles! I had a chance to participate in 2 different demos of Breakout Edu last year but other than seeing the problems in a large group setting on the first one and totally enjoying the second experience, I didn't have a chance to go much further than talking about how I would love to do one on my own. This year the school district offered a kit to borrow so I became more serious, but I decided that rather than waiting to borrow one, I could probably put together one on my own. I did this piecemeal and now I have a complete kit and more (several boxes - several locks etc.) I then went on to the website and picked a few games to check out. I downloaded the info and read through the directions but again due to lack of time and some questions about the actual pieces involved I didn't get much further. Thanks to your inclusion of this topic in the Cool Tools listing, I decided that now was the time I would fully investigate the process and create a game! ...
Good point, blogs are really great for short term projects like this. And as you said, for longer term projects, it depends on the person.
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