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10 ways to a killer blog is a great slide-show that has 15 very handy and very simple tips for creating an effective blog. It is nice to read something that gives such simple and easy to understand tips. I liked number 5 Admit Your Mistakes-it is so important for your blog to be truthful as well as reflective.

What really struck me was the last slide;

The future belongs to the geeks-no one else wants it!

It is so true that today there can be a tendency in the classroom for those who understand technology to be consider geeky and uncool, but i think we can all recognise that this is the way of the future. It is teachers job to make all their children ‘geeks’, to help them become tech-savvy and computer literate. Being a geek implies that students are comfortable around technology, they feel free to experiment and understand the basics. When they leave school there is no doubt most of them will be required to use computers or technology in their jobs and in their life. Those who are comfortable in this medium will certainly go far.