Blogging:
also known as weblog, is an online tool used to communicate and interact
online.
Blogger: a person who maintains a blog and maintains control over content thereof
Feed Burner: I can not sum it up very well. It is software to track and give statistics about visitors to my blog.
Blogger: a person who maintains a blog and maintains control over content thereof
Feed Burner: I can not sum it up very well. It is software to track and give statistics about visitors to my blog.
Here's
a few blogs that I enjoy:
1.
http://www.khanacademy.org/about/blog
This
mainly focuses on math and science but it also starting to branch out into some
humanities. It started out as a way for the founder to tutor his niece across
many states distance. Pretty soon her friends were watching the videos and
requesting topics. There are now over 3000 videos that can be accessed for
free. Also included is a math practice area that takes students from basic
addition to linear algebra and everything in between. Seriously amazing
resource and this blog will keep you up to date on all the great things going
on! All ages J
2. http://www.edutopia.org/blog/digital-poetry-terry-heick
I love Star
Wars and the creative visionary behind it is George Lucas. This is a blog
associated with Edutopia, his nonprofit that has a goal of encouraging and
celebrating innovation in education. The purpose of this blog is to bring
poetry alive in the classroom in a the digital age. It is a resource for ways
to attack poetry from all available multimedia elements. In doing so, students
are better able to speak truth to power and find their voices. Grades K-12.
3. http://www.wirededucator.com/blog/
I admit- when
it comes to the whole Mac v PC, I love me some Mac. It’s not just there
computers either. Everything they make makes me want to knock off the local
7-11 and take my ill got funds to the nearest Apple Store. Not that I would
ever actually do it! Although on the new side, it’s on my feed so new posts
will pop up. The owner has many great ideas and tips of the trade for using Mac
products in the classroom. He also points out that 1 in 3 students have an
iPhone and to let that power idly go wasted hiding in their pockets. There are
many ways to use and pair up technology so all can have access and knowledge.
This blog is worth a look. Mainly 6-12 but some also lower grades.
Others that
deserve a shout out:
4. http://jasonrenshaw.typepad.com/jason_renshaws_web_log/
Run by a
language arts teacher who is working hard to meld all the possibilities of
technology in to educational possibilities for his students... and taking his
blog readers along for the read too. Mainly 6-12.
5. http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
Blog for
free lesson plans and ideas for using technology in the classroom. A serious
number of days would be needed to comb through this awesome blog! Grades K-12.
6. http://eduoptimists.blogspot.com/
This blog
takes a look at the policy side of education. It’s in depth and provides some
opinions as to the state of education in America. K-University.
7. http://www.storiesfromschool.org/
Tales from
the classroom by teachers. There’s the book learning side of education and then
there is controlled chaos theory in action. Many perspectives can be read and
learned from this blog. Grades K-12.
8. http://interactivelanguagearts.com/
Blog
specifically about using multi-media venues to the language arts classroom.
Grades K-12.
9. http://blog0rama.edublogs.org/
Long
running language arts teacher’s blog. Posts are nicely tagged and labeled so
they’re easy to search. Mainly for the high school level.
10. http://doctorgoodreader.edublogs.org/
This blog
has posts from an American teacher working in Ecuador. She designed a very
interesting method of helping students reach higher levels of reading
comprehension and writing complexity.
