Top 100 Influential Education Blogs https://bit.ly/12KWlLa Top 100 Influential Education Blogs
Over the last 5 years there was a sharp increase in the number of education blogs in various areas such as art education, technology, creative writing, mathematics, or drama, from primary school level to lifelong learning approaches.
Despite this surge in education blogs, there haven't been many attempts at classifying the blogs according to their authority. We will present a ranking of education blogs ordered by their Onalytica Influence Index.
Student Blogging Challenge http://studentchallenge.edublogs.org/ Student Blogging Challenge
When I first began the challenge back in 2008, there were only about 200 students taking part and I could visit each of them three times over the ten week period.
But in the last few challenges, there have been over 1300 students and there was no way I could visit them regularly. So in 2010 I started asking people in education to mentor a small group 20-30 students over the ten week period of September to November or March to May.
Challenge yourself to connect and learn through blogging
QuadBlogging Connects Student Writers http://www.edutopia.org/blog/quad-blogging-technology-classroom-suzie-boss QuadBlogging Connects Student Writers with Global Audiences
The idea is deceptively simple. Four teachers agree to have their students comment on each other's blogs in an organized fashion. Each week, one of the four gets a turn as the spotlight class. The other three classes visit and leave comments. Over the course of a month, every student's work gets read and commented upon. Along the way, students learn about respectful online communication.
6 Grade Class plus KidBlog https://bit.ly/12tJg7n William Chamberlain teaches sixth grade at Noel Elementary School in Noel, Missouri.
Below, you can watch the first of three video interviews during which Kidblog’s own Matt Hardy chats with William (thanks to the awesome power of Google+ Hangouts!).
They discuss William’s role in the blogging space, particularly as it relates to students and student comments. One of the coolest contributions William’s made to the social education space the #comments4kids hashtag he helped create and promote around the Twittersphere.
Schools of Thought : CNN Blog http://schoolsofthought.blogs.cnn.com/ Schools of Thought : CNN Blog
CNN’s Schools of Thought blog covers education from a variety of perspectives that include policies, practices and people.
From pre-kindergarten through college, for parents, teachers, students – and anyone who has ever been a student - Schools of Thought offers food for thought in the national conversation on education.
QuadBlogging http://quadblogging.net/ QuadBlogging – connecting schools
Imagine four schools that had a partnership/agreement that would mean that for a four week cycle, each school’s blog would be the focus for one week out of four. Each school in the Quad would spend some time visiting the blog of the school for that week, leave comments etc. After that week, another one of the four schools would be the focus and this would be repeated for the four week cycle and then repeated.
Blog Rubric http://www.uwstout.edu/soe/profdev/rubrics.cfm Blog Rubric
This rubric by Karen Franker may be used for assessing individual blog entries, including comments on peers’ blogs.
Check Out Class Blogs! http://theedublogger.com/check-out-these-class-blogs/ Check Out Class Blogs!
This page has been set up so you can check out different types of class blogs to get ideas for your own class blog. You could also use this list to make connections with classes in other countries.
Blogs and Kids - Staying Safe and Having Fun https://bit.ly/1y7tNYJ Blogs and Kids - Staying Safe and Having Fun
Sustained Blogging in the Classroom (Presentation) http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=170 Sustained Blogging in the Classroom
Starting to use blogs in your classroom is one thing, actually embedding them into how you teach and sustaining them as a learning tool over time is something completely different. In the past 3 years, Jeff has helped numerous teachers set up blogs with their students. Some have continued to use blogs as a learning tool, others have given up not able to sustain blogging in their classroom.
In this presentation we’ll look at some ways that you can successfully embed blogs into your daily routine and look at examples from teachers around the world who have made blogging part of just what they do in the classroom.
Defending my blogging assignment http://edtechvision.org/?p=339 Defending my blogging assignment
Letter to parent "This fall, I had one parent who was concerned about allowing her Freshman daughter to post online and participate in the blogging activity.
The signed permission slip came back with lots of questions and several email communications questioned the value of the project (I think she thought it was going to be more like a journal).
Here is a copy of my response:"
Best of the Web : Education Blogs http://blogs.botw.org/Reference/Education/ Best of the Web : Education Blogs
A spin-off from the original, Best of the Web, Best of the Web Blogs is designed to keep pace with the Internet's growth—and
the evolving tastes.
To rank among the best, a site must adhere to the strict criteria of editors who ensure that it contains substantive unique content, navigates in a user-friendly manner, contains no broken links or pictures, is up and running 24/7, and conforms to universally accepted web standards.
Sites are added to the directory on a daily basis and listed in relevant categories.
Rubrics for the assessment of Blogs http://www.techlearning.com/blog/2007/05/teacher_20_the_evidence.php Rubrics for the assessment of Blogs "We were talking the other day after looking at what makes a good blogger and the question came up about how to assess our blogs. So after much thought, discussion and some arguments we made three assessment rubrics. The students are now looking at other blogs as well as their own and will try to evaluate where they need some work."
Blogs Are Not the Enemy http://www.techlearning.com/showArticle.php?articleID=196604374 There is a problem with blogs in the classroom—a problem that has many educators looking at blogging and not understanding why one would want to blog, how it benefits students, or how it engages them in the learning process.<
If we look at blogs as nothing more than electronic journals—replacing written journals—than I can understand why educators do not "get" how blogs work. Blogs as journals do not engage students any more in the learning process than a regular journal would.
The problem with blogs: We do not understand them.
Jeff Utecht
Blogs and Blogging: Videos and PowerPoints http://bloggingvideos.blogspot.com/ The link above goes to one of the Shambles "Forest of Theme Blogs" pages that provides videos and other multimedia resources to support the topic here.
If you would like to see all of the Theme Blogs then go to the full list at http://www.shambles.net/blogforest or click where you see this this button
Learning Now : Andy Carvin (pbs) http://www.pbs.org/teachersource/learning.now/ Learning Now : Andy Carvin (pbs)
Learning.now is a weblog that explores how new technology and Internet culture affect how educators teach and children learn.
It will offer a continuing look at how new technology such as wikis, blogs, vlogs, RSS, podcasts, social networking sites, and the always-on culture of the Internet are impacting teacher and students' lives both inside and out of the classroom.
TheWeblogProject http://www.theweblogproject.com/ TheWeblogProject - the first open-source movie documentary about blogs and bloggers.
Lots of short (fun) video clips from people saying what they think a Blog is.
Improving Instruction Through the Use of Weblogs http://adavis.pbwiki.com/ Improving Instruction Through the Use of Weblogs
Online workshop
Language Arts Examples | Guidelines and Responsibilities | Shaping Pedagogy through Blogging | Significant Comments | Evaluation and Reflection | Relevant Posts | Flickr Fun | Web Tools 4 Teachers | Credits | Looking Ahead | Slide Show |
The seven-year-old bloggers http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/3804773.stm The seven-year-old bloggers
Children as young as seven in one British school are using weblogs as part of their normal routine, and are doing better than non-webloggers as a result, their teacher says
Children at Hangleton Junior School in Hove, Sussex, have been using weblogs in their spare time to learn more about things that interest them, but as a result their performance in class has improved.
The school's weblogs project has been so successful that it was shortlisted for a New Statesman New Media Award, an annual event highlighting the best web development in the UK.
Sample Blog Acceptable Use Policy (wiki) http://www.budtheteacher.com/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page Sample Blog Acceptable Use Policy - Bud the Teacher's Wiki
Sample Blog Acceptable Use Policy | Student Blogging Handbook | Bud's Blogging Experiment | Blogging Parent Letters | Student Created Blog Policies |
Bloggers' FAQ - Student Blogging http://www.eff.org/bloggers/lg/faq-students.php Bloggers' FAQ - Student Blogging
The Bloggers' FAQ on Student Blogging addresses legal issues arising from student blogging.
It focuses on blogging by high school (and middle school) students, but also contains information for college students.
The Edublog Awards http://incsub.org/awards/ The Edublog Awards
A useful site to use if you want examples of good blogs being used in education in the different catagories of ...
| Most innovative edublogging project, service or programme | Best newcomer | Most influential post, resource or presentation | Best designed/most beautiful edublog | Best library/librarian blog | Best teacher blog | Best audio and/or visual blog | Best example/ case study of use of weblogs within teaching and learning | Best group blog | Best individual blog |
Blogmeister Listserv : Community http://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/classblogmeister/info Blogmeister Listserv : Community
This online community consists of users of the Class Blogmeister service.
Announcements about technical aspects of Blogmeister will be distributed through this mailing list.
In addition, teachers users are also encouraged to use this list to share ideas and insights about using Blogmeister and blogging in general as a valuable instructional tool.
Blogmeister is a platform for hosting educational Blogs which allows teachers to have some control over what the students post.
Blogging in Education http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/ My name is Konrad Glogowski and I am the voice behind the blog of proximal development. I am a PhD candidate at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto.
My thesis focuses on the use of blogging communities in education. This blog is an attempt to vocalize some of my thoughts on this subject and comment on the impact that blogging and blogging communities have on my classroom and my students.
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