Throwing in the Towel
I think I’m going to give up on my article about the blogfolio.
I was planning on writing it up and either submitting it to the conference proceedings for TESOL Arabia this year or submitting it elsewhere for publication. Now I’m just so sick of trying to make the pathetic thing readable that I’ve just about decided to pack it in.
I don’t know why it’s such a difficult topic to write about. The presentation seemed to go well enough although I didn’t get much feedback about it. As I try to organize the article, it just becomes a muddle. Whenever I read it back to myself, it comes across as boring. I find myself asking “So?” If I can’t stay interested in it, I don’t think that I can expect others to either.
Logically, if I can’t bring myself to bore people (or myself) with an article about the blogfolio, you would think that I wouldn’t propose to do it again at TESOL in the US. However, the proposal is perfunctory. I promised myself that I would submit a proposal and so I’m keeping that promise. It’s a question of self-discipline: I said I would do a thing so I should do it.
Unfortunately, the deadline for TESOL proposals comes hot on the heels of the conference and (in my opinion) there isn’t adequate time to come up with an idea for the next year. You almost have to be working on multiple ideas at once…and I suppose many folks do.
Anyway, for the time-being I’m pretty much done writing about the blogfolio. Keeping one is fine but I don’t think there’s enough of interest (mine or others) to warrant writing about it.
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What made you decide to start a blogfolio in the first place? Sorry if it’s an awkward question to ask right after a post announcing you’ve stopped writing about it.
excellent question really…one that i’ll try answer after the weekend.
the short answer is: I had way too much time on my hands at my last job and so it was a way to do something “professional” to fill it….but that’s not the full story.