Well, after some searching I have found two blog sites that had information I found of interest. One site was http://www.clearvieweducation.com/blog This site had the "100 Best Blogs for Teachers of the Future." It literally had 100 different blog sites all about education organized under various headings such as ""Technology," "Blogging Teachers," "Special Education," "News & Politics," etc. I read a couple and they were interesting. I wonder how often they are updated. I'll try to check every couple days and see if there seem to be new ones.
The other blog that I found valuable is http://blog.simplek12.com/education. Tonight I found a very interesting article & comments there about "Students and Schools Not on the Same Digital Track." It was all about social media tools and how schools are not capitalizing on student interest in using technology for socializing.
Showing posts with label Web 2.0 tools. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Web 2.0 tools. Show all posts
Wednesday, April 21, 2010
Monday, April 19, 2010
My First Blogging Experience!
The process of creating a blog was very simple. Your step-by-step directions were very clear and concise and everything worked the first time! I was amazed and impressed!
I really enjoyed reading Henry Jenkins' article about "Why Academics Should Blog..." I thought he made some compelling arguments and gave specific examples of how blogging can be beneficial and valuable for different constituent groups within the education profession. All of his reasons for the value or purpose of using a blog for each subgroup were very positive. I can see how current and prospective students would respond well and use the information found in a blog. I am intrigued by the possibility of participating a blog from the two higher education institutions from which I got my BA and my MA degrees as an alumnus and being able to keep up with what's going on in my field at my former colleges/universities. Jenkins' examples of how blogging can be used within the field of education also helped me understand even better the two-way interactive nature of one Web 2.0 tool.
I made my Blog Title "Web 2.0 in Elementary Schools" and my Blog Address as "http://web20inelementaryschools.blogspot.com" so hopefully I will attract people who are very specifically interested in discussing examples of how Web 2.0 tools are used at the elementary level. We'll see how that works.
Diane
I really enjoyed reading Henry Jenkins' article about "Why Academics Should Blog..." I thought he made some compelling arguments and gave specific examples of how blogging can be beneficial and valuable for different constituent groups within the education profession. All of his reasons for the value or purpose of using a blog for each subgroup were very positive. I can see how current and prospective students would respond well and use the information found in a blog. I am intrigued by the possibility of participating a blog from the two higher education institutions from which I got my BA and my MA degrees as an alumnus and being able to keep up with what's going on in my field at my former colleges/universities. Jenkins' examples of how blogging can be used within the field of education also helped me understand even better the two-way interactive nature of one Web 2.0 tool.
I made my Blog Title "Web 2.0 in Elementary Schools" and my Blog Address as "http://web20inelementaryschools.blogspot.com" so hopefully I will attract people who are very specifically interested in discussing examples of how Web 2.0 tools are used at the elementary level. We'll see how that works.
Diane
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