Your resolution sounds like a good one for you and for your readers. I don’t accept guest posts but I’d be interested in reading your blog. I was not able to find it by its title. What is the URL?

Whilst a different medium means a different way of reading, I don’t think this involves one form replacing another. For example, I might happily read a graphic novel from our school library, but if I’d like to see the latest webcomics, I’ll go online. I see students making choices like this (our library also has a kindle which you can check out as you would a book); once a student asked me if he could read a ‘taster’ or preview chapter opening of a book on his iPhone. This was a great way to then help him decide whether to buy the book (in electronic or paper form). It was also an indicator of how new novels can perhaps have a greater chance of being published and bought, as they are more easily shared.

In his book ‘Hamlet’s Blackberry’, William Powers offers “practical philosophy for building a good life in the digital age”. At one stage he focuses on the change in reading. He reflects on historical changes in human communication, from the group gatherings at speeches in Ancient Greek society to consider that modern day digital reading may also be moving towards a group experience. Near the end of your post you note that you are now “sharing more” of what you read; this goes beyond the traditional book clubs of paper texts and perhaps in a sense, this responds to Fisher’s question about change.

I tried to find an email to contact you but couldn’t, so I thought I’d leave you a message here…

I had wanted to reach out to you because I thought you might be interested in my online educational archive which specialises in distributing free audiobooks (classics and new material) to encourage literacy- http://www.audioliterate.com

You can find out more about what the aim of the site is here http://audioliterate.com/index.php/about-us/

I’ve been constantly loading up new audiobooks every day since launch (a week ago), so it’s already growing into a great resource for everyone; especially teachers and students. And we’re generating quite a buzz across educational technology blogs which is great.

I was hoping you might be kind enough to give AudioLiterate a brief mention in a post in this blog?

I would be happy to link back to your site too.

Looking forward to your reply!

Best wishes,
James

My name is Samantha Peters and I want to know if you accept Guest Posts on Adventures in Educational Blogging?

One of my resolutions in 2012 is to write and contribute more quality article related to education, technology and e-learning on a great site like yours.

I do a lot of freelance writing and am capable of writing unique and relevant posts that I think you and your readers will find interesting.

Is this something that you would be interested in?

To give you an idea of my writing style and quality, I am including a link to a recently published guest post of mine. However, please know that any article I write will be unique and specifically written to fit within the context of your site. Also, any article I write will only be submitted and published on your site.

7 Online Classrooms Teachers Can Use To Augment Their Own: http://bit.ly/xyClDF

Also, I started a blog called The Education Update, which currently doesn’t really look that great design wise, but it has taught me about blogging and publishing my articles online.

So you know, I work with the understanding that any article I submit must pass your review and editorial process before being published. Also, I understand if you reject any article I submit and will not be offended.

I look forward to hearing back about the opportunity of contribute a guest article.

Respectfully,

Sam Peters

We are struggling with the same issue at my school and our main concern is student protection. We are having our students share their own working using Google Sites (through Google Apps) but needed to find a way to protect their identity.

We live in a community that likes to talk and gossip and compare, unfortunately, and needed to find a way to prevent that from happening with our students.

With Google Sites, we decided that for now, the sites will not be made public. The student can take the address home and share with their family but emphasis that it must only be shared with family and not just passed around freely. We are also assigning students secret numbers and attaching their number to their work instead of names, when teachers post work to their classroom blogs.

Number 3 – the physical layout of a room affects behaviour is a fact, ignoring this is absolute folly!

Number 4 is also key – creating new behaviours is so much easier than trying to undo years of learnt behaviours that have been learned since birth is a no brainer if you ask me!