Throughout 2017, we published a weekly blogging prompt for educators and edtech enthusiasts. We called this project — #EdublogsClub.

When the catch-up weeks were removed, we had a collection of 35 published blog post prompts. We have added these prompts, along with an additional 15, to create a new ebook of post ideas for educational bloggers.

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Using The 50 Prompts

These prompts could be used in a variety of ways. Here are some suggestions:

• Bloggers who participated in the #EdublogsClub during 2017 might want to keep their blogging streak going by working on the additional 15 prompts (or pick and choose/catch up on missed prompts).
• Educators who are new to blogging, or have let their blog lapse, might use the prompts as inspiration to get going.
• Pre-service teachers might like to work through some blogging prompts as a way to begin their reflective journey as an educator, and start building a professional learning network.
• Retired teachers might use the prompts as a way to publish memories, reflections and wisdom around certain topics.
• You might consider getting a group of friends or colleagues together and forming your own #EdublogsClub. Each week, you could choose a topic to write about and encourage each other with comments and feedback.

The 50 Prompts

Note: you can find more elaboration, suggestions and examples in the PDF version.

1. Share your blogging story
2. Discuss your classroom or place of work
3. Write about leadership, peer coaching, and/or effecting change
4. Include an image in a post
5. Publish a post about free online tools
6. Write about challenging situations
7. Create a listicle about any topic
8. Share your thoughts or experiences of student privacy
9. Do you include popular culture in the classroom?
10. Write a post about giving feedback to students
11. Embed something in a post
12. The pendulum: discuss how educational trends come and go
13. Include a giveaway in a post
14. Write a post that discusses assessment
15. Tell a story
16. Discuss problem-based or project-based learning
17. Share some art, poetry or music
18. Share your thoughts or approaches to social media
19. Write a post about books or reading
20. Share your time management or productivity tips
21. Write a post about videos and/or include a video
22. Reflect on working with parents, being an educator-parent, or your own parents
23. Post your experiences with professional learning and conferences
24. Invite a guest to post on your blog, or write a guest post for another blog
25. Share your thoughts or experiences of digital citizenship
26. Write about the subject matter in which you specialize
27. I wish professional development was…
28. Share your advice for new teachers
29. Write a post about interviews, or publish an interview
30. Share your favorite tool or resource
31. 100 Word Challenge: Respond to the picture prompt
32. Create a post about how schools and classrooms have changed over time
33. Share your favorite quotes in a blog post
34. World Teachers’ Day: Reflect on a teacher or the status of teachers
35. Write a response to an online article
36. Write a post about a hobby or interest
37. What are your favorite blogs? Create a review or listicle
38. Share your short term and/or long term goals
39. What could have been an alternative career for you?
40. Write about your experiences overseas, or your travel dreams
41. Share your preferred methods of communication
42. Write a post about using audio/podcasts either personally or professionally
43. Embed a poll or survey (and do a follow up post with the results)
44. Share your thoughts on the teaching of formal handwriting
45. Create an A to Z
46. Write an open letter to someone
47. Describe your commute to work
48. Share an interesting statistic and write your interpretation of the data
49. Create your own list of prompts like this one!
50. Celebrate and reflect on completing this challenge

We Need Your Examples

We would love you to comment on this post if you complete any of the prompts. The first 35 prompts in the ebook have a linked example to a post from an #EdublogsClub community member. The last 15 prompts don’t have examples. So we need your work!

If you’re looking for blogging prompts for students, we also have a PDF resource with over 100 ideas!

Spread the word about this resource and please get in touch with any feedback!

This post is part of the #EdublogsClub – a group of educators and edtech enthusiasts that blog around a common theme each week. Simply write a post and share it to join in. You can look back at all the previous prompts and contribute at any time.

This is the final #EdublogsClub Prompt for 2017!

#EdublogsClub began in January as a concept to inspire a whole year of blogging. It started with a bang! We had many bloggers from across the globe participating.

While participation has dwindled of late, #EdublogsClub has been a powerful project overall. Bloggers have come together to build momentum and community.

Numbers aren’t important. It doesn’t matter how many #EdublogsClub posts you completed; it’s the journey that counts. This week, we are looking back and looking forward.

Prompt: Celebrate and Reflect

Some of the topics you might like to discuss this week include:

• Goals: What are your blogging goals and how have these changed over the year?
• Achievements: What are you proud of?
• Benefits: What do you see as the benefits of blogging? Has it been worthwhile for meta-cognition? Relaxation? Building community? Gaining new insights?
• The future: How would you like your blog to evolve?

While we won’t keep publishing weekly prompts, anyone is still welcome to respond to any of the previous prompts. We will still be monitoring comments so would love to hear from you and read your posts.

Perhaps the rest of the year will offer you a good chance to catch up on old #EdublogsClub prompts!

We have plans to package up the 40 prompts into a downloadable format as inspiration for yourself and others. Look out for that soon.

Happy blogging!

This post is part of the #EdublogsClub – a group of educators and edtech enthusiasts that blog around a common theme each week. Simply write a post and share it to join in, or sign up to receive email reminders of each new prompt. 

This is the penultimate #EdublogsClub Prompt!

#EdublogsClub began in January as a concept to inspire a whole year of blogging. With the busyness of the new school year in the northern hemisphere, participation is dwindling. Therefore, we will wrap up the prompts next week with #40.

Anyone is still welcome to respond to any of the previous prompts. We will still be monitoring comments so would love to hear from you and read your posts. Perhaps the rest of the year will offer you a good chance to catch up!

We also hope to package up the 40 prompts in a downloadable format as inspiration for your writing, or you might want to form your own #EdublogsClub in your school, district or network!

Now on to this week’s prompt…

Prompt: Respond to an article

What sorts of things do you like to read online?

• Blogs posts?
• News articles?
• Journal articles?
• Magazine style articles?
• Newsletters?
• Reviews?
• White papers?

There is certainly a lot of variety when it comes to online reading material. Some articles are factual and a lot are opinions or commentary.

1. Find an online article that interests you. It could be related to education or another topic.
2. Put the link to the article in a blog post and write your reflection.
3. You might like to write your general opinions on the article, or choose a different format, like a letter to the author.
4. Leave the link to your blog post in a comment so we can check out the article and your response.

Happy blogging!

This post is part of the #EdublogsClub – a group of educators and edtech enthusiasts that blog around a common theme each week. Simply write a post and share it to join in, or sign up to receive email reminders of each new prompt. 

World Teachers’ Day is 5 October, 2017

World Teachers’ Day has been held annually since 1994 and commemorates the anniversary of the signing of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning teachers’ rights and responsibilities on a global scale.

World Teachers’ Day 2017 will be celebrated under the theme “Teaching in Freedom, Empowering Teachers”, with a special focus on the status of higher-education teachers, who are often overlooked in discussions concerning the status of teachers.

Prompt: Reflect on a teacher or the status of teachers

What thoughts come to mind when you think of World Teachers’ Day? Here are some ideas:

• Share a story of a teacher who made an impact on you.
• Tell us about your experience with higher education and the teaching staff you encountered.
• Why did you become a teacher?
• If you had total freedom and unlimited resources, how would you celebrate World Teachers’ Day at your workplace?

Resources:

Information for this post was sourced from the UNESCO website.

The hashtag #WorldTeachersDay is being used on social media. Why not tweet out your blog post?

Check out these webinars being organised for October 5 by British Council.

Don’t forget to leave a comment with the link to your blog post.

Happy blogging and happy World Teachers’ Day!

This post is part of the #EdublogsClub – a group of educators and edtech enthusiasts that blog around a common theme each week. Simply write a post and share it to join in, or sign up to receive email reminders of each new prompt. 

Quotation, n: The act of repeating erroneously the words of another.
― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil’s Dictionary

If you’re active on social media or enjoy reading blogs, you will no doubt be aware of the popularity of quotes.

There is something about quotes that people find inspiring, motivating and worthy of sharing.

Perhaps they are a good pick-me-up when times get tough, or maybe they remind us of the meaning behind our everyday routine.

Whatever the case, quotes can be powerful. They are also fun to weave into your blog posts to back up your thoughts, provide alternative viewpoints or encourage readers to reflect. Quotes can help you begin or end your blog post with impact.

Prompt: Share your favorite quotes

You might already have some favorite quotes that have never left you. Otherwise, you may enjoy browsing an online collection of quotes, such as those at GoodReads.

• Share one or more favorite quotes in a blog post
• Perhaps you could choose a topic to share a collection of quotes on (such as leadership, reading or curiosity)
• Your quotes might be from somebody famous, or from an everyday person who has impacted your life

Tip: Some people like to make their quotes into a fun visual, like the one I made above. You can easily do this with a tool like PicMonkey, Adobe Spark or Canva.

Don’t forget to leave a comment with the link to your blog post.

Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.
― Louis L’Amour

This post is part of the #EdublogsClub – a group of educators and edtech enthusiasts that blog around a common theme each week. Simply write a post and share it to join in, or sign up to receive email reminders of each new prompt. 

Are you following us on Facebook?

We use our page to connect with our Edublogs’ community, and share interesting things that are happening in the world of education, blogging and technology.

Last week, we presented this prompt to our followers.

The prompt generated some interesting reflections from our followers. Let’s try it!

Prompt: What has changed since you were at school?

Think about the classrooms you were a part of as a child and classrooms today. You might like to reflect on:

• What has changed in terms of the curriculum or subject areas taught?
• What has changed in terms of materials or tools commonly found in classrooms?
• How have attitudes and standards changed?
• What do you think classrooms will look like in the future?

We would love to hear a bit about your own experiences at school.

Don’t forget to leave a comment with the link to your blog post.

Happy blogging!

This post is part of the #EdublogsClub – a group of educators and edtech enthusiasts that blog around a common theme each week. Simply write a post and share it to join in, or sign up to receive email reminders of each new prompt. 

Have you heard of 100 Word Challenge?

It is a free weekly creative writing challenge for children under 16 run by Julia Skinner (@TheHeadsOffice).

“Each week a prompt is given, which can be a picture or a series of individual words and the children can use up to 100 words to write a creative piece. This should be posted on a class blog and then linked to the 100 Word Challenge blog.

By setting a limited word count with a focused theme and a guaranteed audience beyond the class teacher, children have far greater motivation for writing.”

You can find out more about the challenge by visiting https://100wc.net/

Maybe you have students who would be interested in this challenge or maybe you know an educator you could share it with?

Prompt: 100 Word Challenge

Let’s try our own 100 Word Challenge! Look at the image below and write 100 words about it.

• Write a description, recount, poem or any genre you like.
• What do you think has happened? Will happen?
• Where is the setting and who is the character?
• Let your imagination run wild!

Note the prompt image is a CC0 picture which means you are free to copy it and post it on your own blog.

Don’t forget to leave a comment with the link to your blog post.

Happy blogging!

This post is part of the #EdublogsClub – a group of educators and edtech enthusiasts that blog around a common theme each week. Simply write a post and share it to join in, or sign up to receive email reminders of each new prompt. 

A classroom full of tools is no match for a quality teacher and enthusiastic students, but they can sure be useful.

Educators use a range of tools and resources to enhance their teaching or professional practice. They could be free or paid, digital or analogue. Your tools could include something you can physically hold, or an online space. They may be new or something you’ve held on to for many years. Often, a teacher’s toolkit depends on their field or specialty area.

Tools and resources can help you understand, organise, assess, present, create, collaborate and more. Some tools might have changed a lot since you were at school, while others have stood the test of time.

Prompt: Write a post about a tool or resource

The following ideas might provide some inspiration for the content of your post.

• Choose one tool and explain how you use it and why it’s a part of your professional practice.
• Compare the tools you used when you were a student, to those used in schools today.
• If there were no constraints, what tools or resources would you like more of?
• What sort of tools or resources do you think teachers and students will be using in the future?

Don’t forget to leave a comment with the link to your blog post.

Happy blogging!

This post is part of the #EdublogsClub – a group of educators and edtech enthusiasts that blog around a common theme each week. Simply write a post and share it to join in, or sign up to receive email reminders of each new prompt. 

Who doesn’t love hearing stories and insights from interesting people? Interviews can spice up blog posts and add new perspectives for your readers.

You may be the sole author of your blog, but you can bring in the voices of other educators, administrators, thought leaders, students or parents through interviews.

Text interviews may be the most simple format, but if you’re feeling adventurous, you could begin experimenting with video or audio interviews. This could be a surefire way to increase the engagement of your readers!

Prompt: Write a post about interviews. 

The following ideas might provide some inspiration for the content of your post.

• Interview someone who has had an impact on how you view education.
• Ask a colleague to interview you about your work.
• Tell a story about a time you interviewed someone or were interviewed.
• Interview a former student or parent with whom you’ve stayed in touch.
• If there was one person you could interview, who would it be and what questions would you ask?

Don’t forget to leave a comment with the link to your blog post.

Happy blogging!

This post is part of the #EdublogsClub – a group of educators and edtech enthusiasts that blog around a common theme each week. Simply write a post and share it to join in, or sign up to receive email reminders of each new prompt. 

Once upon a time, you were a new teacher. This week, you’re sharing the advice you wish someone had given you before your first school year.

It is the beginning of the school year for most in the Northern Hemisphere. So there is no better time to pass your wisdom along!

Prompt: Write a post about giving advice to new teachers. 

1. What was the best piece of advice a veteran teacher gave you and why?
2. If you could tell your first-year-teaching self one thing, what would it be and why?
3. Tell a story about a lesson you learned in your first year of teaching that has impacted you throughout your career.
4. Put together a list of resources you think every new teacher needs.

Happy blogging!