How Educational Leaders Could Use Blogs

I feel that blogs could be very useful in the field of education. Educational leaders could use blogs to inform and become better informed. 

For example, a leader could use blogs as a way to express how much they value their staff.  It would be very moving and creative to see a leader use a blog to commend his or her staff.  I would love to see a blog at my school that bragged on the teachers.  I would like to be better informed of the great accomplishments of other staff members.   Many times we only hear about the accomplishments of our own team.  Also, it would make the staff member feel special and valued as an educator. 

In addition to a feel good, brag blog, it would be great for educational leaders to have a blog about professional development.  I know in my district professional development is said to be very important, but important events are missed many times due to lack of communication.  Having a specific place for leaders to post this information would be very helpful.  Also, the staff could post comments about the quality of certain trainings and they could post information about what they learned.