1. I would say and do say to my teachers, “Why wouldn’t you want to share the great things that you are doing in your classroom with other teachers, parents, and colleagues?”

and 2. I would check for the typos and to make sure that I am making sense because I want anyone who pops by my blog to want to come back because they can read/understand what I am trying to say.

Thank you for the post!

I do a little blogging of my own. Like you, it helps me think stuff through. If other folks want to read it, that’s great, but it’s mostly a thinking space for me.

However, I have a colleague who is a consummate professional and has tried blogging lots of times. Because we both work in techie professional development roles, she feels a lot of peer pressure to blog. But that’s not how she thinks stuff through.

She needs to talk with others to really process well. This, I think, is why blogging hasn’t connected for her. She loves to share, is leaving a digital legacy through her work, and is a true inspiration to many.

She just doesn’t learn or process by writing. I worry that your passion for the benefits of blogging (which I don’t deny) is – as you tagged it – mostly a rant written from a bit of a narrow point of view.

To your credit, I’ve enjoyed reading your comments below your post as this dialog continues.