How do I find the time to write all these blog posts?

 A question I get asked a lot is "how do I find the time to write all these blog posts?". To which I answer "I have no idea". Actually, I usually write a few during my free period and lunch at school, and then a couple after school or in the evening, and then a bunch over the weekend. Then I schedule them to post at different dates and times to spread them out.

For example, I wrote this article yesterday after school after getting asked the question, yet again, and scheduled it to post on Tuesday at 10am.

I sometimes write when my students are taking a test or at different times when I'm waiting for something else or in a waiting room, or sitting on the couch watching TV. I can also write them on my Android smart phone using the Blogger app.

It's something I love doing, so I find the time to do it. There are days that I won't write anything, and other days where I find the time and motivation to write 10 or more posts and then schedule them to go out later.

As a blogger, you post as often as you want and have time to. There is no requirement.



What about other bloggers out there. How do you find the time to write?

9 Tools For Using Wikipedia in the Classroom - great idea

Edudemic, a great site for educational ideas and resources, has a great article entitled "9 Tools for Using Wikipedia in the Classroom."

The article discusses how to use Wikipedia in the classroom in some great ways. These ideas where developed by psychology students as a cool way to use Wikipedia in course writing assignments. Some of the ideas and tools:

• browse Wikipedia for articles that need work - clarifications, citations, fact checking
• help pages on using Wikipedia
• a Wikipedia assignment wizard for teachers
• a feedback tool
• discussion forum on educators using Wikipedia in the classroom
• support for student peer review
• support for student work
• a suggested timeline for using Wikipedia in the classroom
• a student activity page

These are some great tools and ideas for using Wikipedia in the classroom. Many teachers do not allow students to use Wikipedia as a single source, or even as a source, for their work, but I think that Wikipedia has a lot of good information and the idea of having students research pages and then make changes, citations, and error corrections is a great lesson idea. 

Synonym Finder - find some new words so you don't keep using the same ones

Have you ever found yourself writing and continually using the same words over and over again, struggling to find a different way to say the same thing? Then Synonym Finder is for you. It is a free, quick and simple service to find synonym's. It also has antonyms and definitions for words, a daily word (great for learning new words) and a list of most viewed words (makes you feel better that you aren't the only one using those words).

It's a great tool for writers, students, and educators.

one word. so little time.

One word is a simple, free site. It will display one word and give you 60 seconds to write about it.

This is a great resource for helping students write and communicate their thoughts. Simple and easy.

The site also has a blog and podcast.