Friday, July 15, 2011

Thing 3 - Branding

As I stated in a previous post, I made a blog last year and because of the name of our school, my aide and I both called our blogs Valley Girl 1 and Valley Girl 2. Well, our school has since closed, and the name no longer seems appropriate. As a matter of fact, the name didn't seem appropriate from the beginning, because I am far from a Valley Girl! So, I have renamed my blog and renamed it something that doesn't have to do at all with a school name which can change. It needs to reflect just me. I hope to learn to gain from 23 Things to reflect more on my practices and development as a learner. I can see the benefit of having a personal as well as professional blog if one wants to share lots of pictures of children, etc. I think I will just stick with a professional blog for now and we'll see how it goes!

Saturday, July 9, 2011

Going Global

Just listened to the webinar for cpd23 and at last I know that I'm taking "continuing professional development". :) What a cool thing to work on new tools with professionals from all around the world and get another take on them. I also think it will be refreshing to learn from professionals who are just starting out in the field. I know I will gain much from fresh new perspectives.