Blessings from Blogging:

How Blogging Made Me a Lifelong Learner

The 3rd National Congress of Special Libraries of the Philippines October 25, 2013 12:45 PM - 1:30 PM Hotel H2O, Manila

Zarah C. Gagatiga Teacher Librarian, The Beacon Academy Board member representing Librarians, PBBY http://lovealibrarian.blogspot.com

Routine

A Short Film by Ala Mezher Mezher Production, 2013

Response to Routine
1. I think the film is ____________________________ because_____________________________________. 2. The film made me / moved me to _________________ _____________________________________.

Blogging and Microblogging

My First Post
Blog Title: Proud to be a librarian April 19, 2005 Blogging platform: Blogger School Librarian in Action Est. 2005

Screeshot: My First Post

A blog is a DIY technology.

- Free - Easy (to some extent) - Time consuming - Cognitive LEARNING BOUND
Screenshot: Filipino Librarian
Photo source: http://www.chrislabrooy.com/DIY.html

This DIY technology is a template designed by someone else.

Photo source: http://tripleseo.com/resources/

A blog is a learning environment.

http://www.triumphmodular.com/modular-classrooms.php

A blog is a platform for a PLN

PERSONAL LEARNING NETWORK
Learning is a lifelong process. Direct and manage your own learning
WHAT DO YOU WANT TO LEARN? WHY DO YOU WANT TO LEARN IT? HOW DO YOU WANT TO LEARN? HOW DO YOU LEARN? WHEN IS YOUR BEST LEARNING TIME? HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU ARE LEARNING?

Learning MUST be communicated

Online PLNs include: - Social media and Microblogging - Wikis, Bookmarks - Professional Profiles (LinkedIn) - Webinars and Chatrooms - RSS

Blessings from Blogging

CREATIVE

COLLABORATIVE

BLOGS

CONSTRUCTIVISM

COMMUNAL

Librarian PLNs
- The Digital Shift: Reinventing Libraries - Library 2.0 - NeverEndingSearch @ SLJ - Scoop.it! (Web Curation App) - IASL Online - YALSA Online

Blogs are by nature very personal - an intimate, often ferocious expression of the bloggers passion.
- The Huffington Post Complete Guide to Blogging. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008