I’m not sure how many people have entered the intrepid world of the online blogger but for those of us who have either timidly or eagerly with a plan, sometimes we can run out of ideas. Plinky.com whose motto is “Inspiration, delivered daily” is a resource center for those needing some help.
Basically the way the site works is that every day one of the owners (or a guest prompter) will post a short little question or challenge for people to respond to. Once you’ve signed up with a free account, you can respond to the posts and even include items such as photos, maps or playlists. Then it’s easy to share your answers via facebook, twitter, blogs or other online publishing sites.
I haven’t joined yet, but I did look at a few prompts from the last week or so, here’s a sampling:
– Who wouldn’t you mind being stuck in an elevator with?
– Newspapers are reporting their own imminent deaths, where else will you (or do you) go to get your news?
– If you could eat only one type of cuisine a year, what would it be?
And so on.
Possible uses: The topics range from just for fun to others that could even be converted into some type of learning experience if so desired. These could easily be used as essay prompts in composition classes, impromptu speech topics in public speaking, simple warm-ups or icebreakers to introduce a new lesson, discussion starters for a variety of courses or perhaps even an online “research” project or opinion gathering task. Any time you’re running low on ideas, check them out here.
FYI: Today’s prompt already had over 193 short answers and the day is not even over yet!