Professional Development Through Blogging Using Feedly

My school district provides us with many opportunities for professional development throughout the year. We are able to collaborate with other teachers in the district, attend Edcamps, and read new books together. I am so lucky I have this opportunity to share the lifelong learning culture with coworkers. However, sometimes the best professional development I am provided with is through blogs! Blogging is a great tool to learn new ideas, activities, and innovative methods for the classroom.

Reading blogs can be time consuming especially if you have to type in each url to find your favorites. There is a perfect tool to have all of your blogs in one place. It is called Feedly! Feedly allows you to follow any blogs you want, and it stores them all in one place. You can categorize the blogs into the different categories you enjoy. It updates and lets you know the ones you have read and haven't read. Another feature is the search option, you can search for different topics, or you can search for a topic in only the blogs you follow. I recommend Feedly to any user of blogs. It is an efficient way to use Blogging to help manage your time especially if you are an educator like me! 

Here is a great video to help you get started with your own Feedly account. 

Several blogs I follow on Feedly are:

1. The Innovative Educator

2. Mindshift

3. Teachthought