Educational leaders can use blogs for all kinds of great things. Far too many times, educational leaders have a plethora of great ideas, but they are kept private. Educators sometimes just figure that it may not really be a good idea, or they don't want fellow teachers to knock down what they have created. With a blog, people have the choice to follow or not, so the educational leader now has the courage to type whatever they feel is important, because they know that their followers value their opinion. Score! What a great concept. So really, just as a resource to spread great ideas. Along with this is reading other great ideas from other great leaders and teachers.
I think another great place that educational leaders can utilize blogs is by having open dialogue with people like themselves. I for example am a Social Studied Department Chair at a 5A high school in Texas. There is only one other person like me in the town I live in, and what if I don't like that person? (I have never met the wonderful person at Bryan High School, and I am sure they are awesome) It's good to talk to like minded, but also like jobbed people. It gets the creative juices going, as well as helps us discover the best approach to solving the many problems that educational leaders must endeavor on a daily basis.
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