Leaders using Blogs?

"Consonant with the move to change traditional professional development practices is the practioner inquiry movement" (Dana, 2009). With the move of administrators conducting staff development with action research, they must also use a tool that is easily accessible for their teachers view progress and findings. Blogs allow administrators to post their research topics, pose questions for teachers to inquire on, and allows teachers to comment. Blogs are a great tool to connect your staff and share information. Blogs also have the capability to 'archive' past studies that allow teachers to always have access to the information they are wanting and not having to rummage thru reams of paper. They are organized and easy for the reader to navigate in order to arrive at the information are looking for. Education leaders can use blogs not only to communicate their action research, but to connect their staff to one another and allows easy access for teachers to follow each other's work.

Dana, N.F. (2009). Leading with Passion and Knowledge: The Principal as Action Researcher. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.