I'm beyond excited to share that I've been named a "Top Voice" on LinkedIn. I've been blogging for a number of years now, both on this website as well as on the LinkedIn platform, and I've found the process to be an incredibly rewarding one. The LinkedIn platform, in particular, provides an excellent low-barrier-to-entry opportunity for... Continue Reading →
So, I've decided to take a break from blogging for the summer. Many of you that follow my blog know that I've been a fairly prolific blogger these past two years. I've managed to keep an aggressive pace, posting multiple times per week (229 times in 2015 and 67 so far in 2016). But the time has come... Continue Reading →
In doing my research I often come across great tutorials on social and digital technology as well as excellent examples of their use in higher education. Rather than keep them to myself, I decided to post them publicly to help others "get up to speed" on these tools and their uses. I've been doing this for... Continue Reading →
We've all seen them. We've probably all clicked on them. They're the articles that promise us "X number of ways to X!" or "X secrets of X revealed!" Blog post titles tend to follow a formula and they follow this formula because it works. While I'm not advocating for click-bait and sexy titles that lead... Continue Reading →
The following "10 questions" are modified from a presentation I did last year with a number of higher education bloggers. If you're thinking of getting started blogging, or if you're early on in your journey, see if you can answer all of the following questions. Thinking about what you are doing and why you are... Continue Reading →
I have many many reasons to be thankful this Thanksgiving, but one of the many thanks I have to share is a thank you to the readers of this blog. It's thanks to your feedback and encouragement that my blog is approaching 500,000 views. If trends continue as they have, it will likely hit this... Continue Reading →
The internet is open. This is both the beauty and power of the internet and the ugly side of the internet. Part of its beauty is that it enables peer-to-peer learning, the facilitation of relationships and the organic building of community. Part of its power is that it democratizes conversation without needing to go through... Continue Reading →
Blogging takes courage. It requires confidence. It requires you to put your thoughts and ideas out there for everyone to read. It requires that you be open to feedback, open to change, and open to exposing the sometimes messy process of your learning to the world. I've been blogging in earnest for the past three... Continue Reading →
I am pleased to be presenting on blogging in higher education and student affairs with some amazing colleagues at the ACPA Convention this week and at the NASPA convention later in the month. To go along with our session, we’ve created a resource page. I’ve included it here, but you can point your browsers to SAwrites.com at... Continue Reading →
Out of a total of over 150,000 views, the following are my most visited blog posts from 2014. First up the top 5 funny posts, followed by the top 5 of my more serious content.
I had the pleasure of being on the Student Affairs Collective's Podcast series this week. Dustin and I talked about blogging, what I do here on this site, and few other things. It was super fun. Check it out below... (Original post here.)
I've talked about how much I enjoy the content curation site, Paper.li. Here are two examples of a Paper.li that I created for the higher education and student affairs masters students I teach. These sites pull content from social media postings that contain specific hashtags and format them into a visual newspaper. Once a week a new edition is dynamically created... Continue Reading →
The use of first-person student blogs on admissions websites isn't new, but Cornell University has given broad latitude to its student bloggers to share their uncensored experiences. From the blog landing page, one has links to student blogs on independent platforms including Tumblr, Instagram, WordPress, and others. It's a refreshing take on student admissions blogs that... Continue Reading →
This marks my 100th post since I began blogging approximately 2 years ago and I thought it marked an excellent time to look back, share some stats and highlight some of my most popular posts. The total number of hits my blog has recorded to date: 78,891 The highest number of hits in a single... Continue Reading →
Being an instructor in the Higher Education Master’s programs at Boston College and Merrimack College, and as former Res Lifer, I’ve always been interested in how to advance student learning outcomes through the use of technology and social media in classroom and training environments. I’ll have the opportunity to present on both at the upcoming... Continue Reading →
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