EDUCATION BLOGOSPHERE SURVEY data collected January 2008 data

EDUCATION BLOGOSPHERE SURVEY data collected January 2008 data reported October 2008 Dr. Scott Mc. Leod dangerouslyirrelevant. org

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www. flickr. com/photos/semperfelix/370610248 YES 53% Do you blog as part of your job? NO 47%

335 Which audience(s) does your blog primarily target? (check all that apply) 189 143 137 102 101 96 63 Teachers Technology Students coordinators / integrationists Administrators Librarians / media specialists Parents Other No one except myself 61 Policymakers

www. flickr. com/photos/shashachu/270424315 minutes per week spent blogging (median)

What are the primary reasons you blog? (please select up to 3) PERSONAL LEARNING / GROWTH new information, new perspectives, learning network THE CHANCE TO THINK thinking through ideas, reflection, rumination A VOICE / AUDIENCE / CHANCE TO SHARE expressing ideas, someone is listening, reaching a wider audience COMMUNITY / CONNECTION / INTERACTION conversation, discussion, new friends, peer group, support CAPTURING IDEAS / RESOURCES FOR LATER summarizing, organizing, creating a record, documenting, archiving SENSE OF HELPING OTHERS contributing value, greater good, mentoring KEEPS ME CURRENT / UP-TO-DATE new tools and resources, discovery, staying fresh CHANCE TO TRY THINGS OUT experiment, explore, try things THE OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR BACK testing ideas, feedback, validation IT'S REWARDING / GRATIFYING receive praise, self-satisfaction, feeling of accomplishment OTHER Responses 248 187 161 159 110 96 74 50 48 21 20

Technorati authority (median) 2 3 4 6 5 1 www. flickr. com/photos/bobasonic/170043435 8 9 10 7 11

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Correlation Technorati authority & number of subscribers . www. flickr. com/photos/svenwerk/369136782

What’s the most difficult thing for you about blogging? (please select up to 3) Lack of time to write Lack of time to read Lack of confidence Lack of readership 126 120 119 281 Need to be careful 110 / safe Finding new 87 ideas Unsure Filtering / Writing or about other technical 50 33 26 purpose roadblocks mechanics Other 18

C E N T www. flickr. com/photos/bip/2274034194 R R U N A D S N O P E S H E I R B L O G T

In 2007, approximately how many educators did you influence… 50 50 40 30 20 Mean Median 17 10 10 3 0 to begin reading blogs? to begin blogging themselves?

People in your organization who actively read or write for blogs (median percentage) www. flickr. com/photos/svenwerk/369136782

How many aggregator? feeds are in your Mean = 92 Median = 50 Max = 848

www. flickr. com/photos/psoup 216/1443767349 More information about the participants

48% girls www. flickr. com/photos/38071164@N 00/367688798 52% boys

The unbearable whiteness of blogging (cf. Milan Kundera) Non-Caucasian 6% Caucasian 94%

Age 10 -19 1 respondent Age 40 -49 84 respondents Age 20 -29 36 respondents Age 50 -59 51 respondents Age 30 -39 99 respondents Age 60 -69 8 respondents

Respondents (worldwide)

Respondents (continental U. S. ) (yes, I forgot to take my own survey)

At what level do you work? 145 93 84 53 Secondary Middle Elementary Postsecondary 18 18 Early childhood Other

Parent Student 2 Professor 12 Consultant 13 Administrator Librarian / media specialist Other Tech coordinator / integrationist Teacher What is your primary vocation? 4 15 21 40 55 135

Health / PE 13 ESL / ELL / bilingual 17 Fine arts 18 Special education 18 Technical arts (business, home econ, tech, etc. ) Science What subject do you teach? (teachers only) 39 41 Other 45 Social studies 45 Mathematics English / language arts 51 74

Thank you! I couldn’t do this without you! www. flickr. com/photos/boriskramaric/2656140464

Music credits Inertia The Hustlers www. flickr. com/photos/brianauer/2027646283