Purpose

I am imagining a space where we can get a clearer idea of how we teach as individuals, including but not limited to lessons, narratives on our approaches to classroom management, assessments, reflections on craft and theory, places to share our best ideas, vlogs, or a maybe just a book we enjoyed. 

I imagine this could be helpful if, during the evaluation cycle, a supervisor asks, "How do you collaborate with colleagues?"

I imagine this could be a useful resource for teachers of all experience levels. 

I imagine it could give a clearer idea to one another and a hypothetical new member of our department what admin means when they say, "You're all so different, yet your individuality is your strength."

In my experience, blogs can be powerful repositories and memory vaults. A living "H" drive, so to speak. Unlike other, more modern forms of social media, bloggers have to have patience that the seeds they plant will be useful, if only to the writer themself, who, months or even years from now, will have a living artifact from the past to admire, draw inspiration from, or chuckle at. A blog post is not usually met with a flurry of likes, shares, or comments. However, the writer can take solace in the fact that they have done something extraordinary. They have created something new that was not there before.