Blogging

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The educated blogger: Using weblogs to promote literacy in the classroom by David Huffaker http://www.firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_6/huffaker/index.html =Blogs on Educational Blogging= [|1 Laptop : 1 Student] (James O'Hagan) [|2 Cents Worth] by David Warlick [|(2006 EduBlog Award Finalist)] [|21apples] (arvind s grover) [|21st Century Collaborative] (Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach) [|21st Century School House] (Bing Miller) [|21st Century Skills] (Mark Collinson, Australia) [|A Digital Storytelling Blog] (Bernajean Porter) [|A Difference] (Darren Kuropatwa) [|Adventures in Educational Blogging] (Susan Sedro) [|Alaska Bush Library] (Darla Grediagin) - A librarian in Bush Alaska tells of her experience with Web 2.0 and providing library services over long distantces. [|Always Learning] (Kim Cofino) [|A New Adventure] (Jim Wenzloff) [|AssortedStuff] (Tim Stahmer) [|Beth's Thoughts on Technology in the Classroom] by Beth Knittle ([|2006 Edublog Award Finalist]) [|Beyond School] (Clay Burell) [|Blog of Proximal Development] (Konrad Glogowski) [|(2005 EduBlog Award Winner)] [|Blogging and School Administrators] (Susan Brooks-Young) [|Bud The Teacher] (Bud Hunt) [|Bump on the Blog] (Brian Grenier) [|California Dreamin'] by Rob Darrow [|Catch the Wave] (Lyn Ross) [|Chalkdust] by Patrick Higgins [|Christopher D. Sessums] by Christopher D. Sessums [|(2006 EduBlog Award Winner)] [|ClassroomBlogging] (Howard Martin) [|CogDogBlog] by Alan Levine [|Cool Cat Teacher] by Vicki A Davis (current teacher) [|(2006 EduBlog Award Winner)] [|ConstructICTism] A blog focusing on studying a Masters Degree in ICT within Education by A Perkins [|Couros Blog] by Alec Couros [|Create, Connect - Blog] by Al Upton [|Dare to Dream] by Barbara Barreda [|Discourse about Discourse] by Ben Wilkoff [|Durff's Blog] by Mrs. Durff [|E-Learning Blog] (Julie Lindsay) [|ELT Notes] (Claudia Ceraso) [|EdTech Gold Rush] (Alix E. Peshette) [|Ed Tech Journeys] by Pete Reilly [|(2006 EduBlog Award Winner)] [|EdTech - Just a little north of the Valley] (Kyle Brumbaugh) [|EdTechReview] by Michael Yardley [|edu.blogs.com] by Ewan McIntosh [|Edublog Insights] (Anne Davis) [|edublogs] (Ewan McIntosh) [|EducateDeviate] (Tiara Shafiq) - all about youth and alternative education. [|Educating the Dragon] by Simon Evans meandering ideas about education, the digital classroom and Web 2.0 [|Education Blog at On10] by Alfred Thompson [|Educational Technology and Life] (Mark Wagner) [|Edutopia] (George Lucas Ed Foundation) (Chris O'Neal & others) [|e-Learning Blog] (Martin Ebner; mostly in German) [|Future of Education] by Toby Fischer [|Hey Jude]Making fortunate discoveries..Web 2.0, Library 2.0 and more.. by Judy OConnell [|(2006 EduBlog Award Winner)] [|Hintonblogger] (Brett Hinton) - the journey's of a tech advocate in an Arizona public school district [|Ideas and Thoughts From an Edtech] (Dean Shareski) [|Infotech with Mr. Losik] (Andy Losik) Blog for elementary media-technology classes in Hamilton, Michigan; Teacher resources as well. [|Journeys With Learning] (Mark Woolley) This blog explores Web 2.0 tools to transform classrooms. [|iTeacher] (Andrew Robitaille) - Engaging students with Information and Communication Technologies. [|Le blog de davidtouvet.com] (David Touvet) [|Learning Blog] by Alex Ragone [|Learning.now] by Andy Carvin [|Life is not a race] Allanah King, New Zealand [|McToonish] (Heather M. Ross) [|Make It Interesting] How to get kids interacting with their work and doing work using Web 2.0 [|Mentor Matters] (Mrs. Ris) [|Miles Berry] Miles is UK based. He is interested in using blogs and social networking software to provide a personal learning space in primary education. [|misterteacher.com] (Jamie Tubbs) [|Moving at the Speed of Creativity] (Wesley Fryer) - Edmond, Oklahoma, USA ([|2006 eSchoolNews/Discovery Blog Award Winner]) [|Multi-faceted Refractions] (Vinnie Vrotny) [|Musings from the Academy] (Angela Stevens) [|My Journey in ICT & Blogging] - Rachel Boyd, New Zealand [|Notes from Millie D] (MIchael Richards) [|Open Source Classroom dot com] (Chris Craft) - 6th grade Spanish and Latin teacher blogging about open source and free software. [|Pair-a-Dimes for Your Thoughts] (David Truss) [|pedersondesigns] (John Pederson) [|Random Ramblings] (Danita Russell) [|Remote Access] (Clarence Fisher) [|Seeking the Wisdom of the Ages] (Tom Turner) Orlando, Florida, USA [|Sentiments On Common Sense] (Andrew Torris) Shanghai, China [|Sicheii Yazhi] (Eric Hoefler) [|So You Want To Teach?] (Joel Wagner) - A blog about teaching and classroom management [|Speaking of History] (Eric Langhorst) [|Spotlight] (Robin Martin) [|Steve Hargadon] Blog and interview series on educational technology and "School 2.0" [|Stigmergic Web] (Rob Wall) [|Taste of Tech] (John Schinker) [|Teacher Dude's Grill and BBQ] (Craig Wherlock) - Teaching EFL/ESL in Greece using blogging and other web 2.0 tools [|Teachers Teaching Teachers] (Paul Allison, Susan Ettenheim, Lee Baber, Teb Locke) [|Teaching] (Quentin D'Souza) [|Teaching and Developing Online] (Darren Cannell) [|(2004 EduBlog Award Winner)] [|TeachingEveryStudent.](Karen Janowski) [|Teaching Generation Z] (Graham Wegner) [|(2006 EduBlog Award Finalist)] [|Teaching Sagittarian] by Chrissy Hellyer [|Tech Savvy Teacher] (Jason Neiffer) [|Tech4Teaching Blog] (Tami Brass) [|TechDossier] (Patrick Higgins) [|Technogy in Education] (Brandt Schneider) [|Technology in the Education Arena] (Julia Zangl Colby) [|TechRuminations] by Kurt Paccio [|TechTimes Weblog] by John Hendron [|Technologically Literate] by Ken Pruitt [|The 21st Century School House] by Bing Miller [|The Education Wonks] (Ed Wonk -- the home of [|The Carnival of Education]) [|The Infinite Thinking Machine] Google's sponsored education team blog ([|Google for Educators]) [|The Masterplan] (Dan Stucke) Musings on bringing Web2.0 to the classroom by a Maths teacher in Manchester, UK. [|The Open Classrom] (Jo McLeay in Australia) [|(2005 EduBlog Award Finalist)] [|The Power of Educational Technology] by Elizabeth B. Davis [|The Pulse] Group blog hosted by District Administration magazine [|The Strength of Weak Ties] (David Jakes) [|The Thinking Stick] (Jeff Utecht) [|Think:Lab] (Christian Long) [|Thoughts From A Technospud] (Jennifer Wagner) [|TipLine- Daily Tech Tips] by James Gates [|Ubiquitous Thoughts] (Mark van 't Hooft) [|U Tech Tips] (Jeff Utecht, et al) [|Web 2.0 in the Classroom] (Laura MacDonald) [|Weblogg-ed] (Will Richardson) [|(2005 EduBlog Award Finalist)] [|WebExplorer] (Cheryl Lykowski) [|Yes Tech!] (Pam Shoemaker)

=Classroom Blogs= [|A New Adventure], Technology [|Al Upton and the miniLegends] (Years 3 and 4 - South Australia) [|American Studies] [|AP Calculus] [|Applied Math 40S] [|Arty Reflections] (Year 4 - NSW ,Aust, Focus: creative and critical analysis using de Bono's Hats of student artwork [|Blogging in College: Gender & Pop Culture's Blog Experiment] The home of the big blog experiment! 27 students enrolled in Gender & Popular Culture (Women's & Gender Studies) at The College of New Jersey. Student blogs are all linked to this location. Each student's blog is the primary element of this (on-campus, non-distance/online learning) course, which is where s/he will examine his/her topic of choice through the lens of gender. [|Bud's Blogging Experiment] [|CILASS Student Blog] by University of Sheffield Student Ambassadors of the Centre for Inquiry-based Learning In the Arts and Social Sciences (England) [|(2006 EduBlog Award Winner)] College English - Beth Ritter-Guth, Lehigh Carbon Community College [|Dekita. org] - gathers ESL/EFL posts from around the world [|ESL Bullying Blog] [|Excellence and Imagination] (Grades 7 and 8) [|Grade 8 Humanities] class and student BLOGs created by Gary Coyle's classes at the American Embassy School - New Delhi, India [|Grade 7 Math Blogorama at Sargent Park] [|In Need of Coffee] (High School Literature) [|Interactive Chatting Teddies] a collaborative blogging project in Argyll Scotland involving children in P1-3 (ages 4-8) and their teddy bears [|I Think....] (Middle - Upper Primary -NSW, Aust, Focus: Having students respond to online statements and then formulate arguments. Links to exposition and discussion text types in English) [|ITGS Forum] - Discussion and resource sharing for the Information Technology in Global Society class (Grade 11 and 12) [|Kathy Cassidy's Grade one class] [|Mirror Mirror] (Year 4 -6 -NSW, Aust, Focus: Encouraging reflective thought during an independent learning project) [|Moturoa Classroom], a year four and five class from Nelson, New Zealand [|Mullum Writers], Showcasing the work of the talented young writers at Mullumbimby Public School. NSW Australia (K-6) [|Mrs. C's Senior English Blogs] Senior English class blog in the Tiny Kingdom of Mtn. Brook, Alabama [|Mr. Belshaw's Student Blogs] [|Mr. Miller's English 10 homework blog] - writing and thinking assignments for high school sophomores [|Mr. Watson's Classes] - Sophomores in Honolulu keeping online commonplace books. [|Mrs. Watson's Classes] [|Ontario Blogs] - Elementary and secondary school students from across Ontario, Canada, all "writing to learn" [|PAWriting] - Early Secondary School writing from Perth Academy, Scotland. [|Pre-Cal 20S] [|Pre-Cal 30S] [|Pre-Cal 40S (Winter '06)] - Uses blogger, teacher [|Darren Kuropatwa] [|Priestsic6] - class blog from a Year 6 class at Priestsic Primary and Nursery School, Nottinghamshire, England portablec.com (our wiki site with a link to our blog) Elise Mueller [|Puzzling Maths Problems] (Year 4 - NSW, Aust, Focus: Problem solving strategies in Mathematics) [|Room16 Math] Grade 8 Class math blog Uses blogger, teacher Chris Harbeck [|Room17 Math] Grade 8 Class math blog Uses blogger, teacher Chris Harbeck [|Room 41 Math] Grade 8 Class math blog Uses blogger, teacher Chris Harbeck [|Room73 Math] Grade 8 Class math blog Uses blogger, teacher Chris Harbeck [|Room 208] (Grade3/4 class) [|Room 110 Blog] - 9th Grade students from Central New Jersey [|Room 613 Student Blogs] - written by Mr. Hetherington's 6th Grade students [|Room One's Blog] - Class blog by year 2/3 students at Mapua School in New Zealand - not in use anymore but a good example [|Room 9's Class Blog] - Class Blog by year 2/3 students at Nelson Central School in New Zealand - current [|roomtwelve.com] - third graders from Seattle, WA [|Sandaig Otters] Sandaig Primary School Glasgow, Scotland. [|Sargent Park's Grade 8 Math Zone] Class hub for blogging assignments and news [|Secret Life of Bees] [|Seufert's Scholars] - 5th Grade class blog from El Paso, Texas [|spells] Grade 9 humanities/Literature class blog from Korea International School, Seoul (student blogs on blogroll on right sidebar) [|The Bass Players Blog] - 15 year old from Perth, Scotland giving views on the use of Web 2.0 and blogging in Schools among other things. [|The Clem]Middle School Language Arts [|The FCE Blog] (Claudia Ceraso) A student's guide to autonomous English language learning. [|The Mattson Daily] - Stories, poems, opinions and the daily events of fourth grade students in El Paso, Texas. [|The V Posse Journal] (Amy Vejraska's 3rd graders' class blog in Branson, Missouri) [|The Write Weblog] [|Vamos Blogar], blogging project for children in Brazil's poorest and most violent slums [|Westwood Schools] - Uses classblogmeister, teacher: Vicki A Davis [|Year 6/7 Blog] (and podcast) [|Grade 7 Language Arts] - Teacher: Sid de Haan, Edmonton, Canada

=Individual Student Bloggers= (New 6May2007: Let's let them form their networks here!) [|Carpe Diem]: Grade 9, Korea [|Fashion Freak]: Grade 9, Korea [|I'mpossible]: Grade 9, Korea [|Journey]: Grade 11, Korea [|Just Yell]: Grade 9, Korea [|Thus Spake I]: Grade 9, Korea

=Teacher Blogs= [|A Dance With the Butterflies]-project participants used this blog to get a better understanding of UDL and to share teaching ideas [|A Day In the Life] A teacher in a CA "under-performing " School writes about teaching, meaning,antedote(Sarah Puglisi) [|A Teacher's Life] - a blog focusing on ed tech resources - Lucy Gray Chicago, IL [|Beyond School] -- Kicking Addictions to 20th Century Teaching--because Gutenberg is dead. (Flat classroom global wiki writing workshop: Join us!) [|Chorlton High Maths] A blog by teachers at a Manchester (UK) school for their pupils. [|Country comes to town] [|CreativICTism] A blog for GCSE ICT students - with links, grades and discussion (Students are allowed to post as well.) [|Dawn's Brain] - The adventures of a high school art and drama teacher. [|Dr. J's System Centered Physics Blog] A blog by a HS physics teacher trying to expand the learning beyond the classroom [|Duck Diaries] [|(2006 EduBlog Award Winner)] [|Durff's Study Skills Blog] A blog for 7th grade Study Skills students in Maryland (and a few guest bloggers). [|English Education Professor] [|English Teaching Lab] - Language labs and English teaching. [|EricMacKnight.com] [|Film Appreciation] by Laura Rebecca - content blog for Film Appreciation class at GCHS (NY) [|Glossolalia] by Marc Murdock-education and its discontents [|Have Fun with English! 2] by Teresa Almeida (Portugal) [|High School Computer Science blog] by Alfred Thompson - information, discussion and links for HS CS teachers [|ICT in my Classroom] - a blog of thoughts and ideas of a primary teacher in England [|JochenEnglish] by Jochen Lueders, an English teacher at a "Gymnasium" in Munich, Germany [|John @ Sandaig Primary] primary 6 teacher in Glasgow, Scotland. [|Kevin's Meandering Mind] -- a sixth grade teacher, writer, poet who is also part of the National Writing Project [|LifelongReader] - a blog aimed at students to encourage them to read. [|marlyn's blog] [|MHetherington.net] - reflections from a middle school teacher on learning in todays dynamic information environment [|Mr P's iPod] a teachers record of the implementation of iPods in a grade 3-4 class [|Mr W's Blogging Great Thing] - A lousy name, but I didn't know at the time and now I'm stuck with it. [|Mrs. Chauncey's Blog] &amp; [|ELGGBlog] [|Mrs. Wagner's Class] - Eva Wagner's blog for her Kindergarden Class [|My Journey in ICT & Blogging] - Rachel Boyd, New Zealand [|New Educator support/Induction blog] [|One Teacher's Journey] - blogging my way to better teaching (Cory Peppler, HS English) [|Outside the Cave] - Stephen Lazar's reflections on teaching, learning, and edtech as he teaches Social Studies in the Bronx, NY [|Parents Want to Know](Robin Martin) [|Polar Science] [|(2006 EduBlog Award Winner)] [|Sargent Park Mathzone] [|Science and ICT] a superglu compilation of a number of blogs and a FURL [|SHS Web Design] Assignments and thoughts as we convert to Web 2.0 teaching. [|Scenes From The Battleground] Descriptions of teaching in tough UK secondary schools [|Teachers At Risk]- Elona Hartjes -mentoring teaches using blogging [|The Elementary Educator] A third grade teacher's riffs, rants, and raves on teaching that works [|The Good Habits Blog] [|The Fischbowl] - Karl Fisch and company [|The Learning Curve] - the rantings of a (potential) elementary teacher [|There is Nothing Wrong Here] - Jim Walker Sped Teacher, Web Master, technology integration [|Throughlines] - Bruce Schauble on Reading, Writing, and Teaching [|Watsoncommon] - Christopher Watson's (HS English teacher) online commonplace book. [|Websites of the Day For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL] -- Larry Ferlazzo's suggestions of websites helpful to teaching English Language Learners. =Professor Blogs=

[|The Professor's Page] Blogging in College: The Gender & Pop Culture Blog Experiment at The College of New Jersey in Women's & Gender Studies

=Principal Blogs= [|Alan Stange] from Central Butte School (Central Butte, Saskatchewan) [|Andrew Torris] from Shanghai American School, Pudong (Shanghai, China) [|Andy Dale] from Pleasant Lake Elementary (West Bloomfield, MI) [|Arturo Gonzalez] from Caron Elementary (Puyallup, WA) [|Ben Witheford] from Otautau School (Otautau, New Zealand) [|Chris Lehmann] from Science Leadership Academy (Philadelphia, PA) [|Darren Cannell] from Saskatoon Catholic Cyber School (Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada) [|Dave Hickman] from Aurelia High School (Aurelia, IA) [|Dave Younce] from GwendolynÂ Brooks Elementary (Aurora, IL) [|David Sherman] from South Park Elementary (Deerfield, IL) [|Debbie Bohn] from Skyblue Mesa Elementary (Canyon Country, CA) [|Deborah Jacobsen] from Hawthorne Elementary (Helena, MT) [|Douglas Ralph] from Maitland Middle School (Maitland, FL) [|Dustin Swanson] from Central Collegiate High School (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan) [|Elise Gruber] from ApopkaÂ Relief High School (Apopka, FL) [|Gary Kandel] from Lexington Elementary (Alliance, OH) [|George Hobson] from Academia Britanica Cuscatleca (El Salvador, Central America) [|Glenn Malone] from Puyallup School District (Puyallup, WA) [|Guy Kovacs] from Edgerton Elementary (Puyallup, WA) [|Jan Borelli] from Westwood Elementary (Oklahoma City, OK) [|Jason Bednar] from Owen Elementary (Naperville, IL) [|Jim Laney] from International Community School (Addis Ababa, Ethiopia) [|Joe Jezierski] from Stewartville Middle School (Stewartville, MN) [|John Staumont] from Shelyn Elementary (Rowland Heights, CA) [|Karla Thompson] from Plymouth Creek Elementary (Plymouth, MN) [|Kelly Christopherson] from Eston Composite School (Eston, Saskatchewan) [|Kevin Crotchett] from Forest Park Elementary (Portland, OR) [|Kimberly Moritz] from Gowanda High School (Gowanda, NY) [|Kristine Diener] from iQ Academies (Waukesha, WI) [|Linda Perdaems] from Woodland Elementary (Brooklyn Park, MN) [|Marc Brouillet] from Zeiger Elementary (Puyallup, WA) [|Margaret Osteen] from Stone Lakes Elementary (Orlando, FL) [|Mark French] from Rice Lake Elementary (Maple Grove, MN) [|Matt Hillmann] from Belle Plaine Junior High (Belle Plaine, MN) [|Melinda Miller] from Willard East Elementary (Willard, MO) [|Melissa Dyer] from Graham School (Talladega, AL) [|Nancy Flynn] from Randolph Heights Elementary (St. Paul, MN) [|Nicholas Pulizzi] from MexicoÂ Elementary (Mexico, NY) [|Paul Doyle] from Holy Rosary Catholic School (Wyoming, Ontario) [|Robert Anderson] from Edgewater High School (Orlando, FL) [|Scott Brittain] from Rogers High School (Puyallup, WA) [|Steve Poling] from DeGrazia Elementary (Tucson, AZ) [|Sue McCracken] from Lincoln Elementary (Fairfield, IA) [|Susan Naysnerski] from Narragansett Elementary (Narragansett, RI) [|Tim Tyson] from Mabry Middle School (Marietta, GA) [|Tim Lauer] from Meriwether Lewis Elementary (Portland, OR) [|Trevor Smith] from Central Collegiate High School (Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan)

=Administrator Blogs= [|Around the Corner - MGuhlin.net] - Blog about educational leadership, writing and transformation in K-16 by a director of instructional technology for a large urban school district. [|Avon, Ohio's Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog]- This blog is an electric diary of the Avon Local Schools Distance Learning Project. [|Byte Speed] by Tim Holt-Blog and occasional Podcast, news, views,reviews, from the edge of Texas [|Change Agency] -- by Stephanie Sandifer with a focus on educational leadership, instruction, and education policy/school improvement. [|Dangerously Irrelevant] - technology leadership blog of Scott McLeod, Director of [|CASTLE], University of Minnesota [|Data and Technology in K-12] - by Joseph Miller [|PepTechTalk] - Glenn Malone was an elementary teacher for 7 years and an elementary principal for 15 years. [|Practical Theory] - Chris Lehman, Principal of the Science Leadership Academy (laptop school, quite techie) [|The Principal Blog] - Melinda Miller Elementary Principal blogging her journey through technology leadership [|The Strength of Weak Ties] - David Jakes, Instructional Technology Coordinator, CSD99, Downers Grove, IL, USA [|Think Act Repeat] - An Independent school Technology Director's blog about tech integration and day to day operations. [|SIF Notes] -- Group blog of School Improvement Facilitators in Houston, Texas.

=Library / Librarian Blogs= [|Bibliosphere News] by Judy O'Connell, Marita Thomson and others [|Hey Jude] by Judy OConnell [|(2006 EduBlog Award Winner)] [|Joyce Valenza's Never Ending Search Blog] by Joyce Valenza [|Librarian Philospher] by Barry Bishop, Director of Libraries, Spring Branch ISD, Houston, TX [|Library By Any Other Name] by Vaughn Branom [|NewTrierLibrary] by Judy Gressel and the New Trier Librarians [|The Top Shelf Blog] by Mary Woodard

=Professional Development Blogs= [|K12Online 2006 Conference] [|(2006 EduBlog Award Winner)] [|Technology Training & Integration] by Clint Stephens, Technology Integration Specialist, Southwest Educational Development Center [|The Eighth Floor],. . . a technology and learning center for educators. [|NUESDesk] by Kevin Hansen and Robert Gordon, Technology Trainers, Northeastern Utah Educational Service Center [|MI-LIFE] - Michigan Leadership Improvement Framework Endorsement