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I looked at nine different educational blogs. Each of these is diverse in it’s own right and touches on many different aspects of education, technology, and everything in between.
1. EdCompBlog
In this blog, David Muir, who is a lecturer in Educational Computing division at the University of Srathclyde Jordanhill Campus, talks about the education lectures that he attends. Since he is based in Glasgow, Scotland in the United Kingdom the views and ideas that he talks about give someone in the United States a better idea of what the global community feels about education.
In this blog Jeff Utecht, the Elementary Technology and Learning Coordinator at the International School Bangkok, talks about current technology and educational issues. The blog mainly focuses on the educational aspect of technology and conferences that he plans or attends. He recently planned a conference where there was no keynote, they just had facilitators. The reason they did this was because the focus of the conference was that teachers need to be facilitators. Since the school is located in Thailand, the views and ideas that he talks about give someone in the United States a better idea of what the global community feels about education.
3. Infomancy
In this blog Christopher Harris, the leader of a School Library System in New York, talks about current issues in school libraries. If you are not a librarian, this presents an interesting view to our school systems. I am curious as to the insight that can be learned from this prospective. Since I teach in a county school, I am interested in the perspective of someone from New York.
In this blog, Dr. Scott McLeod, talks about technology, leadership, and the future of schools. He is an Associate Professor in the Educational Administration program at Iowa State University and he is also the Director of the UCEA Center for the Advanced Study of Technology Leadership in Education (CASTLE). His latest post states, “We can’t let educators off the hook.” This was really interesting and talked about the one of the many issues going on in politics regarding education.
5. Weblogg-ed
In this post, Will Richardson talks about current issues in education. He is the “Learner in Chief” at Connective Learning. He latest post, The Wrong Conversations, talks about “Waiting for Superman” and other interesting events in education that have occurred in the past week. This talks about how we are having the wrong conversations in education right now and maybe we should be empowering superheroes instead of waiting on superman.
In this blog, Beth Knittle talks about current issues in education, technology, and learning. Beth Knittle is the K-12 Technology Integration Specialist for a school district. Since she is in Massachusetts, I get to learn another view from the northeastern United States. I also have someone from New York on my RSS. I like how her blogs span the gamete of education, technology, and learning. Check out her post Thinking and Questioning.
In this blog, Lucy Gray talks about ideas and resources for educators. Lucy Gray is an Apple Distinguished Educator and Google Certified Teacher based in Chicago, Illinois. In some of here posts she just creates a lists of resources in the form of links. In another one of here posts she dives into the subject of the Waiting for Superman initiative.
In this blog Ben Rimes and Nicole, talks about integrating technology in the classroom. Ben Grime is an elementary school teacher, and Nicole is a K-8 art teacher. On this sight, the authors cover a wide range topics: Advocacy, Art, Assessment, Language Arts, Mathematics, Music, Science, Student Examples, and Social Studies. In their most recent post, “How Technology Will Destroy Our Future…” The Tech Savvy Educator talks about how Baby Boomers and older people are concerned about the youth and how they are going to lead our countries in the future.
In this blog, Tom Woodward talks about making learning fun and other random issues dealing with education. Tom Woodward is currently an Adjunct Faculty at the University of Richmond, Staff Development Instructor in Henrico County in Richmond, Virginia, and a Freelance Educational Technology Consultant. In his latest post, “Perspective”, he talks about his recent visits to a jail to see one of his former students. This specific post hits home with me because I am not naïve either, and I think at least one of my former students will end up in jail. It is sad.
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