Hello everyone out there in cyberspace!  Today I'll be discussing blogging.  :)  This is the first blog I've ever written.  I'm very nervous about talking to whoever will be reading this each week.  What I'd like to share with you this week is what I learned about blogs.  First of all, blogs exist!  I know this isn't news to most of you but, I've never really been able to differentiate between blogs and other electronic media.  I suppose the difference is that blogs are written by anyone and everyone.  I love the idea of educational blogs (I'm sure I've even read a few).  It's important for professionals to be able to share with each other.  I recently came across a study that showed an increase in student achievement when we do.  (Scruggs, Mastropieri, and McDuffie, 2007) 

Another thing I learned about this week was how to organize my blogs.  I'm using a program called Feely (feedly.com).  I'm super excited to learn and share more about this program.  In it, you are able to keep track of all the blogs you want to follow.  For example, I'm following a blog called, "Ideas and Thoughts."  Currently, I don't have my blogs sorted (mostly because I only have four of them), but you can put your blogs into categories.  There is also an app that you can download on your phone.  Another organization tool I learned about is RSS.  RSS is a tool that can be used to organize all of the digital media you might browse into one place. 

I look forward to venturing into this unknown digital territory and sharing what I've learned each week. 

Until next week,

Kitzke