Let's share links to our blogs!

I recently came across a few long-standing blogs that never crossed my path during my Google searches, and I was thinking that a Classroom 2.0 discussion about blog-sharing might be helpful, since we are members of "the social network for educators using collaborative technologies".

If you have a blog you'd like to share, either your own, or one that you'd recommend, post a reply with a link to the blog, the author's name, the focus of the blog, and perhaps a few words about why you find it interesting or useful.

Update: Follow me on Twitter
http://twitter.com/lynnmarentette
Here are my blogs:

TechPsych
Interactive Multimedia Technology

I have another blog that I use to post my reflections about what I'm learning in my mid-life journey as a computer/tech student:
The World Is My Interactive Interface

(I changed the name of the blog to reflect my current topics.)

Update 6/15/10

It has been a very busy school year! The exciting news is that one of my schools has a multi-touch SMARTTable, and every classroom has an interactive whiteboard. The teachers worked very hard to ramp up their IWB skills and I'm amazed at how quickly this interactive technology was adopted. Of course, interactive applications and websites are pretty awesome on a huge screen or display! The best part is that this technology has opened up the minds of a good number of students with severe autism characteristics.

In April, I participated in a workshop at ACM's 2010 CHI conference. The topic of the workshop focused on the next generation of human-computer interaction and education.

I also joined the SparkOn group, "a social platform for people that are sparked (inspired) by creative and emergent technologies".

Tags: 2.0, Classroom, blog, blogging, collaborating, edublog, networking, odiogo, sharing, social, More…technology, web

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Permalink Reply by Daniel Bassill on April 20, 2008 at 10:15am

My blog aims to engage people living outside of high poverty neighborhoods, so they will do more to help kids in inner city neighborhoods connect with learning, mentoring, and career development activities. It's the Tutor/Mentor Connection blog at http://tutormentor.blogspot.com

I also lead one of these programs, called Cabrini Connections, and use the blog to connect our youth, volunteers and supporters. This is http://cabriniblog.blogspot.com

This list is useful, but it's long. Have you set up a blog page to organize blog titles by topic or focus area?

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Permalink Reply by aaron napier on May 6, 2008 at 8:06am

I really liked the fact that you are so committed to your work. I learned alot from your blog and can see the amount of time you put into your work. It is commendable. I currently work with special ed kids and I am currently in a credential program for it. I am learning the pluses of using blogging as an educational tool and can apprieciate it's relevence by your blog. Thanks

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Permalink Reply by David Colon on May 6, 2008 at 8:58am

Thanks for posting on this topic -- it really provides some excellent resources for all of us.

I've just started blogging and my blog is a hodge-podge of ideas and thought I've culled from various resources and my own experience. My basic premise is that I'm struggling to keep what's best of our educational traditions and make them responsive to new technologies and globalization.

Here's the address:

http://feijoorichmond.blogspot.com/

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Permalink Reply by jim alvaro on May 8, 2008 at 7:53pm

Hi, I just checked out your blog and was pleasantly surprised. It was not what I expected at all. I clicked on a couple of your links and found some interesting things. Thanks for sharing.

Jim

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Permalink Reply by Harold Shaw on May 6, 2008 at 1:21pm

Hi - Everyone I just transferred my blog to edublogs new URL http://hshawjr.edublogs.org/

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Permalink Reply by jim alvaro on May 8, 2008 at 7:48pm

I'd like to share our classroom blog with everyone. It started out as a "me" kinda of blog but has recently taken a new direction. I have several teams of kids who write different columns.

Take a look and let us know what you think.

Jim

www.visitmyclass/blogs/theskinny

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Permalink Reply by Anne Mirtschin on May 9, 2008 at 3:29am

Jim, I cannot get onto that website. Are you able to check the url as my explorer wont open it. I would like to see what you are doing.

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Permalink Reply by Simon Brown on May 9, 2008 at 3:53am

Hello Anne, I think Jim's blog address is http://visitmyclass.com/blogs/theskinny/default.aspx

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Permalink Reply by Ben Davis on May 11, 2008 at 11:12pm

My blog is TeachEng.Us. It is kind of a lifehacker.com for teachers. I am always looking for writers. As of now we have writers from Canada to Florida and get 1000+ direct hits each day.

Here is the widget I created for it:

If you are interested, feel free to contact me.

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Permalink Reply by David Truss on May 12, 2008 at 12:47am

Hear is a link to my 'Pairadimes for Your Thoughts' blog. My thoughts on Education, Technology and Learning.

I haven't really publicized this yet, but I've revamped my 'Practic-All' blog with a weekly update for my staff called Digital Magic. Feel free to do something similar for your staff... you can take things from my previous weeks with little effort on your part:-)

I think a better way to do this would be to create a wiki page like this one on the Support Blogging wiki... It could have a 'feature' section where new bloggers are highlighted for a week to help promote new voices.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Warner on May 12, 2008 at 5:09pm

I have just found this great site! Thank you for the work putting it together. My attempt at a classroom blog can be found at http://mwarner1968.edublogs.org

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Permalink Reply by CC Long on May 12, 2008 at 7:52pm

Thank you for starting this discussion. I've already added several of these blogs to my Google Reader and look forward to exploring more when I get time. I'm a "newbie" to blogging and would love feedback/suggestions/tips on how to improve. My technology integration blog began as an assignment in a graduate technology class that I just finished, but I'd like to continue adding posts to my blog.