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Get Tech Savvy: 15 Top Education Technology Blogs
1. Free Technology For Teachers This blog's aim is as simple as it is noble: to provide educators with information about free technology resources for the classroom and advice on how to use them most effectively. If you're looking for advice on how to bring your lesson plans into the twenty-first century, reading this blog is a great place to start.
2. Learning Is Life Russ Goerend, a self-described second-career teacher (full-time student being his first) uses his blog as a way to interact and discuss classroom issues and assignments with his students and fellow teachers. His online interactions with students as well as his analyses of those interactions will offer you a wealth of information and ideas you can use in your own classroom.
3. The Innovative Educator Lisa Nielsen maintains this blog devoted to sharing ideas about innovations in education tools and methods. In her posts, she encourages you to embrace the Web and other technological tools in order to craft exercises that engage your students.
4. Tech Fridge Serving up a nice mix of product and technology reviews, thoughtful musings about education theory, and weekly education technology links, blogger Josh Allen isn't just blowing hot air at you when he says Tech Fridge is "storing the 'coolest' ed tech ideas" on the Web.
5. Two Writing Teachers Ruth Ayres and Stacey Shubitz are two writing teachers separated by 565 miles but connected by a shared love for teaching, writing, and teaching writing. Thanks to their insightful blog, you too can benefit from the experiences they've had, the insights they've gained, and the technologies they've discovered while teaching writing skills to young students.
6. Always Learning Host Kim Cofino, a literary specialist for the International School in Bangkok Thailand, reflects on the intersection of technology and education, specifically in relation to creating and facilitating effective learning environments for international students.
7. iLearn Technology Kelly Tenkely is an elementary school teacher and technology specialist on a mission to share her love of education technology with other teachers. Her blog offers a wealth of advice and easy-to-implement ideas that you can use to incorporate technology in your own lesson plans.
8. Langwitches Blog Ann Johnson, a technology integration facilitator better known online as The Langwitch, guides you through issues related to language literacy, multicultural education, digital storytelling, and technology integration on her Langwitches Blog.
9. Teachers as Technology Trailblazers Kristin Swanson, a professor of educational technology at DeSales University, reviews, discusses, and offers you advice on how to integrate new technologies and online education tools into the classroom.
10. Educational Technology This blog presents a virtual deluge of news articles and posts related to technology in education. While a significant portion of the blog's content is re-posted from other news sources, the caliber and regularity of the information posted makes it well worth checking out.
11. Weblogg-ed Educational consultant and author Will Richardson offers his insights and opinions about the educational benefits of using technology in your classroom.
12. TL Advisor Blog Techlearning.com, a site devoted to education technology resources for educators, compiles a nice list of blog posts by its staff and contributors covering a range of online education and education technology topics.
13. Educational Technology Guy David Andrade, a physics teacher and education technology specialist, shares his thoughts about education theory, education technology, education practice, and how to integrate all three in your classroom.
14. Infinite Thinking Machine Billing itself as offering "ideas to help teachers and students thrive in the 21st century," Infinite Thinking Machine, an Internet TV show as well as a blog, covers topics dealing with new technologies and online innovations to help you understand and use the latest digital tools to impact your students' learning in meaningful ways.
15. Mr. EduHowTo Mr. EduHowTo is a teacher "on a journey to learn about and promote technology" in education. His posts contain insightful reviews and easy-to-follow guides to help you master software programs and online tools designed to help you incorporate technology in your classroom.
While it's tempting to jump to the conclusion that technology and education are in conflict--when your students are busy texting in class rather then listening to you lecture, for example--this generalization is wrong. By staying abreast of the latest developments in education technology and understanding the technological world where your students live and play, you can turn the power of modern information technology to your advantage and greatly enhance the learning process.
About the Author
Joshua Covington lives and writes in Southern California. He is a connoisseur of good books, bad movies and esoteric jokes. In the past, he has written for a software company, a literary magazine, the website of a city paper and, sometime in the late middle ages, a college newspaper. Joshua holds a Bachelor's Degree in Communications from Stanford University and his living room title as Wii bowling champion.
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