Blogging challenges for 2017

This New Year’s thrust list is definitely including some blogging challenges. I'm calling this list a thrust list, in contrast to the common expression "New year's resolutions", I´ll use the word "thrust" because its meaning is more suitable for what I have in mind. A thrust is a propulsive force caused by a jet or rocket engine and that is exactly what I have in mind. I included in the list a number of things I already do, things that somehow need a renewed motivation. Blogging is one of them. I began the year looking for blogging challenges to...

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Photography is my serious hobby

It is Tuesday again and the #edublogsclub challenge prompt is out. This fourth prompt has a very special meaning for me, because photography is a very serious hobby for me. I spend many hours taking pictures, studying the work of great photographers and seeing tutorials in a number of recognized youtube channels. This is something I already integrated to my daily life that in fact I lately chose my smartphone based on the quality of its main camera,...

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Leadership in educational contexts

We live  making decisions, constantly. We like to think that humans make decisions rather rationally than emotionally, because it is tough that way, that humans are rational beings. Our culture has championed rational endeavors, more than emotional ones for a very long period in time. In fact, after the late modern period, entire history time periods are mainly ranged on science and technological progress or breakthroughs. It is not until post-modern...

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This is my workplace

The new prompt of  #EDUBLOGSCLUB has made me reflect on the following: at the school where I work, we ask repeatedly our students to introduce the school to other parties, such as students in other countries. Sadfully, teachers do not do that very often. Once in a while, as we attend to conferences or workshops we find ourselves sharing basic information about our schools. Where do you work at? How many students attend to your school? What subject do you teach? or some other simpler questions are a commonplace. At first it seems a simple...

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This is my blog story

Scrolling up and down my Twitter feeds I found one entry that immediately caught my attention, The Edublogger's Blogging Club of 2017 starts TOMORROW! Get weekly blogging prompts, free! https://t.co/UcX6yR9PQI — edublogs (@edublogs) 2 de enero de 2017 At the moment I first read about the #EdublogsClub initiative, some basic questions arouse: Is this intended for beginners / amateurs or "professional" bloggers?  Is this my chance to develop...

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