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   Krista permalink

   February 22, 2010

   Susan, I stumbled across your blog while searching the top 100 educator blogs. I was unable to find a link to e-mail, so I am leaving a comment for you as part of an assignment for a Web 2.0 graduate course. I appreciate that your posts provide real tips for educators as they try to incorporate technology into their courses. As a teacher-librarian, I really appreciated your post about Screen Toaster – I may just give that a try the next time I have to be out. If possible, please give me five tips for becoming a better blogger. Thanks
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   SSedro permalink*

   February 22, 2010

   Thanks for the kind words and the feedback. I am a bit of a sporadic blogger, but here are some tips that might help to you.

   1. Just do it! – Sure it might be better if you took more time, read it through one more time, but if you don’t have that time then publishing now is better than never getting around to finishing it.
   2. Write what interests you. It’s your blog so unless you are writing as an assignment, there are no shoulds. Stick to what you’d like to read.
   3. Read other blogs. Leave comments more often than you write on your own blog. It is a way to give back to the community and let other bloggers know they have an appreciative audience. It will also help you grown your own personal learning network. I am amazed by how much I learn from my PLN.
   4. Write your success and your failures. If you are like me, you learn by the lessons that didn’t work than the ones that did. The rest of us will appreciate learning from your experiences.
   5. Add pictures. Many people are scared off by large blocks of unbroken text on the web. If you don’t have pictures of your own, use FlickrCC or Compfight to find great images licensed under Creative Commons. Just be sure to list the name of the picture and a link to the source in your credits.
   6. Make sure your blog has an RSS feed. Many sites, such as Blogger and WordPress.com will generate one for you. With RSS your readers don’t have to keep visiting your blog to see if there is a new post. Instead, each time you post it appears in their RSS Reader, much like a new email message appears in your inbox. I find that if a blog doesn’t have an RSS feed, then I tend to not remember to check it.

   I hope this was of assistance to you. Please leave me your URL when you start a blog of your own.
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   Mary Frances Stotler permalink

   March 26, 2010

   Dear Susan Sedro,

   I’d like to congratulate you, as Adventures in Educational Blogging has been nominated for eCollegeFinder’s first annual Education Innovators Award. eCollegeFinder is an organization dedicated to online education and learning technology and would like to recognize the top resources on the Internet that parallel the same goals of promoting the expansion of learning into new and innovative formats. Your website has shown its commitment to the advancement of education and this award is intended to commend your efforts.

   To provide us with more information, please fill out the information below by Friday, April 2nd. Should you have any questions, please contact me directly at this email address or my direct line listed below.

   Best,
   Mary Frances Stotler

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   Chris permalink

   December 5, 2010

   Hi Susan,
   MNice, nice, nice, nice!
   Love the look of your migrated blog. As always, meaningful information to be found within. I love your portrait!
   see you,
   a truly sporadic blogger,
   Chris
5. 
   Soo permalink

   February 6, 2011

   Thanks so much for your words of sympathy on my blog. It’s been such a hard time but through it all I’ve been amazed at people’s thoughtfulness and how that brings comfort.

   Thanks again.
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   Anthony Sung permalink

   June 27, 2011

   We are a group of former Teach for America teachers and local tutors starting a new nonprofit, Local Schools Local Needs. Our idea connects educators with local community members who want to help students.

   Think of a Craigslist for teachers and the community. Unlike other websites like Donorschoose and Adoptaclassroom that raise funds for teachers, Local Schools Local Needs allows teachers ask local community members for spare materials and volunteers for their classroom. For a more detailed description, check out our fundraising page at http://www.indiegogo.com/Local-Schools-Local-Needs

   We’re currently raising seed funding for our online service. Can you help us promote our fundraising efforts through your blog? Any aid and advice would be appreciated.

   Thanks,
7. 
   Caitlin permalink

   July 15, 2011

   Hi Susan,

   My name is Caitlin Hamilton and I’m writing on behalf of 1:1Fund, a new non-profit dedicated to breaking down the barriers to higher education through matched savings programs. A student is seven times more likely to go to college if they have a savings account in their name.

   We’re just getting started and would love to have your support. Please visit our web site, mention us on Twitter and Like us on Facebook.

   http://1to1fund.net/
   http://www.facebook.com/1to1Fund
   @1to1Fund

   Thank you for your support and please feel free to contact me with any questions.

   Best,
   -caitlin

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