Examples – Educators
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Class Portals
1. Class Portal – Journalism 1 – course management tool: publish course curriculum, syllabus, class rules, homework assignments, rubrics, handouts, and presentations.
2. Pre-Calc – Math teacher who uses his weblog as a starting point for introducing new concepts, share links and a forum for discussion.
Teacher/Principal Reflections and Learnings
1. EduBlog Insights – Anne Davis, reflects on her and her students’ use of blogs
2. The Savy Technologist – Teacher Tim Wilson reflects on his daily work, links to interesting websites, ideas for lessons, and converses with other educators.
3. Bud’s Blog Experiment – Teacher at an alternative high school. Reflects on his practice and learning.
4. Weblogg-ed – The Read Write Web – by Will Richardson – A must read for educators. Always gives you something to think about.
5. Principal Blogs – Education/Technology – Tim Lauer, Principal’s Quest – Joyce Hooper (students comment on her posts)
6. Librarian Blogs – The Shifted Librarian, Joyce Valenza’s Neverending Search
Professional Development
1. Illinois Technology Conference for Educators
2. Handhelds in Teaching and Learning Graduate Class – Each member of the class has a blog to reflect on what they have learned in and out of class.
Audio/Visual Blogs
1. Ed Tech Talk
2. Room 132 – Video Blog
Education Research/Professional Organizations
1. Blog of Proximal Development - “Konrad Glogowski … [is] the voice behind the blog of proximal development. [He is a] PhD candidate at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. [He] focuses on the use of blogging communities in elementary education. This blog is an attempt to vocalize some of [his] thoughts on this subject and comment on the impact that blogging and blogging communities have on [his] classroom and [his] students.”
3. Reading Today Daily – Blog from the International Reading Association
Others
1. E-portfolios for Learning by Helen Barrett (teacher example – students can do the same)
2. School Website – Lewis Elementary in Portland Oregon
3. Goochland County Public Schools – Every teacher at Goochland has an individual weblog. They state, “by having teachers blog, it sets an excellent example for how students can communicate effectively with emerging communication tools, such as a website or weblog.”
4. Vika’s Blog – A teacher from Indiana journals about his experiences adopting a child from the Ukraine.
List of Classroom and Professional Applications
1. Edublog Insights – Comprehensive list by Anne Davis
