Education blogosphere survey

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data collected January 2008

data reported October 2008

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Do you blog as part of your job?

NO47%

YES53%

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Which audience(s) does your blog primarily target? (check all that apply)

Teachers Technologycoordinators /integrationists

Students Administrators Parents Other No oneexceptmyself

Policy-makers

Librarians/ media

specialists

minutesper weekspentblogging(median)

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What are the primary reasons you blog?(please select up to 3) Response

sPERSONAL LEARNING / GROWTH new information, new perspectives, learning network

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THE CHANCE TO THINK thinking through ideas, reflection, rumination

187

A VOICE / AUDIENCE / CHANCE TO SHARE expressing ideas, someone is listening, reaching a wider audience

161

COMMUNITY / CONNECTION / INTERACTION conversation, discussion, new friends, peer group, support

159

CAPTURING IDEAS / RESOURCES FOR LATER summarizing, organizing, creating a record, documenting, archiving

110

SENSE OF HELPING OTHERS contributing value, greater good, mentoring

96

KEEPS ME CURRENT / UP-TO-DATE new tools and resources, discovery, staying fresh

74

CHANCE TO TRY THINGS OUT experiment, explore, try things

50

THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR BACK testing ideas, feedback, validation

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IT'S REWARDING / GRATIFYING receive praise, self-satisfaction, feeling of accomplishment

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OTHER

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Technorati authority

(median)

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median number of subscribers

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Correlation

Technorati authority &number of subscribers

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Lack of timeto write

Lack of timeto read

Lack ofconfidence

Lack ofreadership

Need to becareful / safe

Findingnew ideas

Unsure about

purpose

Filtering /other

roadblocks

Writing ortechnical

mechanics

Other

What’s the most difficult thing for you about blogging?(please select up to 3)

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In 2007, approximately how many educators did you influence…

to beginreadingblogs?

to beginblogging

themselves?

People in your organizationwho activelyread or write

for blogs(median percentage)

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How manyfeeds are in youraggregator?

Mean = 92

Median = 50

Max = 848

More informationabout theparticipants

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The unbearable whiteness The unbearable whiteness

of bloggingof blogging(cf. Milan Kundera)

Age 10-191 respondent

Age 20-2936 respondents

Age 30-3999 respondents

Age 40-4984 respondents

Age 50-5951 respondents

Age 60-698 respondents

Respondents (worldwide)

(yes, I forgot to take my own survey)

Respondents (continental U.S.)

At what level do you work?

What is yourprimary vocation?

What subjectdo you teach? (teachers only)

Technical arts (business, home econ, tech, etc.)

Science

Other

Social studies

Special education

Fine arts

ESL / ELL / bilingual

Thank you!I couldn’t do this without you!

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Music credits

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