Good websites/blogs to follow for a new teacher?

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Permalink Reply by Jill Calkins on August 4, 2009 at 6:08pm

Mary Beth,

Thanks so much for the websites suggestions. I am going to follow your blog as well. And thanks for the Twitter suggestion....I just added them to people I am following and think it will be the first time I say this "Twitter IS a useful tool." :)

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Permalink Reply by Laurie Reece on February 15, 2010 at 3:29pm

Thanks for starting this post, Mary Beth! I'll be starting my student teaching shortly and I've bookmarked all the recommended sites. I wanted to check with you about Twitter. I've never really used it and I was wondering if it was helpful for you during your student teaching? Good luck with all your future endeavors!

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Permalink Reply by Chris on August 4, 2009 at 9:38am

Instructify
Free Tech for Teachers
iLearn Technology
Larry Ferlazzo's Websites

These are the four I follow on RSS feeds... I haven't found anything better, and I've been looking for a long time. Good luck with your student teaching and write me if you have any questions.

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Permalink Reply by Jill Calkins on August 4, 2009 at 6:14pm

Thanks, Chris! I really appreciate it. Being new to all of this, it's overwhelming and I have found a lot of sites where I have to "sift" through all kinds of stuff to get to posts that are truly useful. If you find more and think of it...send them my way! Thanks again!

Jil

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Permalink Reply by John McLear on August 4, 2009 at 1:50pm

Educational Games for kids
Primary School Teaching RSS feed (teaching resources)

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Permalink Reply by Jill Calkins on August 4, 2009 at 6:16pm

Thanks John...they both look great!

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Permalink Reply by David Kapuler on August 4, 2009 at 3:08pm

I agree w/ all those below excellent blogs to follow, perhaps my PDF will be a useful resource as well...

http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/08/blog-companion.html

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Permalink Reply by Jill Calkins on August 4, 2009 at 6:23pm

Thanks so much , David! I loved looking through some of the tools that you recommend. This is exactly the type of stuff that I want to be aware of , so I subscribed to your blog! thanks again! Jill

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Permalink Reply by David Kapuler on August 4, 2009 at 8:04pm

I'm glad you found it useful, hopefully the other volumes will be just as beneficial. Thanks for subscribing, feel free to use these things and that PDF however best meets your needs!!

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Permalink Reply by Carole Seubert on August 6, 2009 at 9:31am

Check out www.teachersconnecting.com to connect with a vibrant learning community of teachers and technology. The site/podcast is the baby of Ben Hazzard and Joan Badger of the now defunct Smartboard podcast. You'll be able to listen the podcasts from the past year. Also, Two Tech Chicks is another informative and fun podcast. You can find both of these on iTunes and they're free.

CS

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Permalink Reply by Anthony VonBank on August 6, 2009 at 1:02pm

I recently started a blog for teaching with Google Docs and Blogger. You may want to follow it, might be helpful:

teachingwithgoogledocs.blogspot.com

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Permalink Reply by Emily Wilson on November 15, 2009 at 8:32pm

Jill,

First off, I hope your student teaching experience is going well so far. I just began my M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction, though I have not yet taught...long story! Anyways, I'm taking an online course called "Professional Learning Networks." It's great because it's teaching us about all there is out there to connect to for teachers...there's a ton! It can become overwhelming at times. I've found that unless you have a specific topic you're searching, it can be cumbersome. With that being said, some of the things we've learned about and were able to try out were:

http://tipline.blogspot.com/
http://www.ncs-tech.org/
www.diigo.com
google scholar

These are websites you can sign up and type specific topics, such as your technology integration in the elementary classroom and find blogs or other articles to help you in your search.

I know you were asking for something specific in this post, but figured checking out those other sites could help you in the future with other topics. Good luck!!!

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