{"id":5436,"date":"2025-02-19T12:41:43","date_gmt":"2025-02-19T12:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=5436"},"modified":"2025-02-19T12:41:45","modified_gmt":"2025-02-19T12:41:45","slug":"fresh-blogging-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=5436","title":{"rendered":"Fresh blogging inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">It&#8217;s an exciting time for blogging as Reclaim&#8217;s newly established Blogging Community of Practice, AKA Bloggers Anonymous, is gathering momentum. If you are interested in learning more and maybe getting involved, check out the details at the bottom of this post.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"780\" src=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EdTech_Bloggers_Share_Card.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5438\" style=\"width:200px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EdTech_Bloggers_Share_Card.png 600w, https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/EdTech_Bloggers_Share_Card-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">EdTech Bloggers &#8216;Starter Pack&#8217;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the things I am feeling inspired by is seeing folk join <a href=\"https:\/\/go.bsky.app\/NYhHQEk\">a growing collection of edtech bloggers<\/a> on Bluesky. I love finding out about others&#8217; work, read more posts by folk I don&#8217;t usually follow (yet) and also find a sense of fellowship with other bloggers out there. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Blogging about blogging <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside this I am super grateful to Lorna Campbell for putting together this very useful post <a href=\"https:\/\/lornamcampbell.org\/higher-education\/for-those-about-to-blog\/\">&#8220;For those about to blog&#8221;<\/a>. I always appreciate reading Lorna&#8217;s posts, and this one is especially timely as it brings together some useful advice and resources for anyone looking for practical advice or straightforward inspiration for blogging. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Lorna puts it so well:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As the social media landscape has become increasingly toxic and fragmented, people are increasingly seeking other channels to share their ideas and practice, connect with their peers, and build community.\u00a0 As a result, there\u2019s been a welcome resurgence in blogging, newsletters and small-scale podcasting over the last year or so.\u00a0 These forms of communication are less tied to specific social media platforms, giving creators more control over work and who they share it with.\u00a0 At times like these it\u2019s been really encouraging to see familiar communities and independent voices reemerging across the web.\u00a0 So if you\u2019re new to blogging, or if you need a boost to get started again, here\u2019s some resources that might help.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Definitely a recommended read! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"join-the-blogging-community-of-practice\">Join Reclaim&#8217;s Blogging Community of Practice<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There is a dedicated channel set up in&nbsp;Reclaim&#8217;s Discord Community Space. This is a friendly social space where everyone is welcome and which is free to join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"get-started\">Get started<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/discord.gg\/3yc4tQP5?ref=blog.reclaimhosting.com\">Join us on Discord<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>#blogging4life is the hashtag on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/reclaim.rocks\/@reclaimhosting\/?ref=blog.reclaimhosting.com\">Mastodon<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/www.reclaimhosting.com?ref=blog.reclaimhosting.com\">Bluesky<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ReclaimHosting?ref=blog.reclaimhosting.com\">X<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCnV3Y2x4MsQ-u7x4zeFsffA?ref=blog.reclaimhosting.com\">YouTube<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Subscribe to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.reclaimhosting.com\/\">our blog<\/a>&nbsp;to keep up to date with what\u2019s happening<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Come along to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/events.reclaimhosting.com\/?ref=blog.reclaimhosting.com\">our events<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Find out what is going on across&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/community.reclaimhosting.com\/?ref=blog.reclaimhosting.com\">our community<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s an exciting time for blogging as Reclaim&#8217;s newly established Blogging Community of Practice, AKA Bloggers Anonymous, is gathering momentum. If you are interested in learning more and maybe getting involved, check out the details at the bottom of this post. EdTech Bloggers &#8216;Starter Pack&#8217; One of the things I am feeling inspired by is seeing folk join a growing collection of edtech bloggers on Bluesky. I love finding out about others&#8217; work, read more&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/?p=5436\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Fresh blogging inspiration<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5414,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[200],"tags":[202],"class_list":["post-5436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogging","tag-blogging4life-2","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/1.png","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7wa4N-1pG","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5436"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5439,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5436\/revisions\/5439"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marendeepwell.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}