I stumbled on this posting from Miguel Guhlin this morning. He’s right; this is an amazing list of blogs. As I replied on his blog, this list wouldn’t have been possible even three years ago. A lot of things have happened – the sense of paranoia about public transparency seems to have subsided with many – and we’re all the beneficiaries of public sharing. Folks are documenting thoughts, insights, and just the state of education as it applies to them. It’s fascinating reading. Imagine if everyone shared what was happening in their corner of the world. Imagine how reflective the profession could become.
As per Miguel’s request, I am sharing this list with anyone who is interested. There’s not a bad read among them. Well, maybe there’s one.
The holiday break begins for many today and for others in a couple of day and then into the new year. Why not make a resolution to add a blog or two to your regular reading habit? The search for great reading stops below. Pick a blog, any blog… New readers are awards that are meaningful to all bloggers.
From Around the Corner-MGuhlin.org
What a fascinating list of blogs…will have to check to see how many aren’t on the Google Reader list…thanks to these folks for compiling the list, but forgive me if I don’t remove the “best” labels. If your blog isn’t on the list, I hope you’ll add it in the comments, then copy the list and share it with others.
Individual blogs
- Always Learning
- An A-Z of ELT
- Cool Cat Teacher
- Dangerously Irrelevant
- dy/dan
- Educational Origami
- Free Technology for Teacher
- Kevin’s Meandering Mind
- iLearn Technology
- Integrating Technology in the Classroom
- Jane’s eLearning Pick of the Day
- Kalinago English
- Kristen Winkler
- Langwitches
- Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day…
- Learning with ‘e’s
- Moving at the Speed of Creativity
- Never Ending Search
- Not So Distant Future
- Pair-a-Dimes for your Thoughts
- School Finance 101
- Science Teacher
- SpeEdChange
- Speech-Language Pathology Sharing
- Spencer’s Scratchpad
- Teacher Reboot Camp
- The Innovative Educator
- The Principal’s Page
- Think Thank Thunk
- Webblogg-ed
- What Ed Said
Group blogs
- Bridging Differences
- Challenge Yourself to Blog - Global collaborative student blogging project
- Connected Principals
- Cooperative Catalyst
- Cricket – Student group blog on updates of cricket
- Educational Technology & Change
- Edudemic
- Edutopia
- iEAR
- Infinitie Thinking Machine
- I.N.K. Interesting Non-fiction for Kids
- Inquire Within
- InterACT
- Irresistible Ideas for Play Based Learning
- Just Us Seeking Justice
- LeaderTalk
- Learning Round Table
- Libraries and Transliteracy
- Magic European Shores
- SCC English
- Tech & Learning
- TLN Teacher Voices
- The Reading Roundup – Collaboratoive reading project between classes
- The Teaching Palette
New blogs
- About A Teacher
- bcnpaul1?s blog
- Be Cunning and Full of Tricks
- Blogging through the Fourth Dimension
- Box of Chocolates
- Comments4Kids
- Connected Principals
- Culture of Yes
- Digital Dervish
- Educating Grace
- Eliterate Librarian
- Emma Herrod
- Experts and Newbies
- Hack Education
- ideaconnect
- InterACT
- Inter.Connect.Ed
- Language Garden
- Libraries and Transliteracy
- New City Arts
- Michelle’s Musings
- MrK’s Professional Reflections
- Quantum Progress
- Reflections of a teacher and a learner
- Teaching Literacy in the Early Years
- Speech Techie
- The Nerdy Teacher
- Think Thank Thunk
- Turklish TEFL
- Upside Down Education
- Venture Pragmatist
- Walt Gardner’s Reality Check
- Webb’s Wide World
- Whose Learning Is It Anyway?
Class blogs
- 2KJ @ Leopold Primary School
- 2KM@ Leopold Primary School
- 6SS@NIST
- Bailey Road Team 17
- Class 4JC
- Extreme Biology!
- Billings Beta
- Blog, Blog Blog Blog, Blog Some More
- Grade 1 and 2 at Ancaster Medow
- Into the Wild
- Look What’s Happening in Room 102!
- Middle Learning Unit BPS
- Mr. Austin’s Class
- Mr Baldock’s Class Blog
- Mr. Salsich’s Class
- Mr. C’s Class Blog
- Mrs. Kolbert’s Class Blog
- Ms Leydon’s Class
- Mrs. Yollis’ Class Blog!
- Ms Mourad’s Absolutely Sensational Learners
- Room 13 – Year 6/7 sharing their learning
- Social Voice
- TEAM TOA-Shanghai American School, Pudong, Third Grade Blog
- Techno Science
- The Brainy Bunch’s Blog
- The Blog Dogs
- The Ins and Outs
- The Mac Lab
- The Plugged-In Portable
- The Ripple Effect
- The Skinny
- What Happened Today?
Student blogs
- Adventures of Life – Grade 7
- BB`s awesome blog – Grade 2
- Chemistry: It’s “Element”-ary!! – College Student
- Dhugsy – Grade 9
- Emily’s Blog – Year 3
- Jacqueline’s Magical Blog!- Grade 7
- Jazzing Up Eighth Grade – Grade 8
- Jessica’s Fantastic Blog
- Grace’s Blog – Grade 7
- Haley’s Life – 10 years old
- Live To Learn – Uni student
- Liri
- Millie’s Marvellous Blog – Grade 2
- Moo – College Student
- My blog! – Grade 9
- Rache’s World
- Rhiannon’s Blog – Grade 2
- scooperlouisen’s Blog
- The Heavens Declare the Glory of God!
Resource sharing blogs
- Art is Messy
- Bits and Pieces places
- Box of Tricks
- Bright Ideas
- Continuous Everywhere but Differentiable Nowhere
- doug – off the record
- El escaparate de Rosa
- Free Technology for Teacher
- I Hope This Old Train Breaks Down
- iLearn Technology
- InTec Insights
- Jane’s Pick of the Day
- Kirstin Wrinkler
- Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites Of The Day
- Librarian in Black
- Moodle News
- Moving at the Speed of Creativity
- Nik’s Quick Shout
- Prekinders
- SCC English
- Teacher Boot Camp
- Technology Tidbits
- The OLDaily
- The Pursuit of Technology Integration Happiness
- Think!
- Videoonferencing Out on a lim
- Web 2.0 Classroom Blog
Influential blog posts
- Anthony Cody’s The Media’s War on Teachers
- Dan Meyer’ s My TEDxNYED Session — Math Curriculum Makeover
- Dean Shareski’s How To Make Better Teachers
- Edna Sackson’s 10 Things you can’t just do on Monday in Period 6
- Edna Sackson’s Moodle Tool Guide for Teachers
- Frank Noschese”s The $2 interactive whiteboard
- Gavin Dudeney’s Bullied, Blackmailed, Defamed, Threatened…
- Gavin Dudeney’s Second Life – The Long Goodbye
- Jeremy Harmer’s Why I walked out – but would you?
- Jeremy Harmer’s No Dogma for EFL – away from a pedagogy of essential bareness
- John Lester’s With every Exodus comes Expansion: Educators and Non-profits in Second Life
- Joyce Valenza’s Things I think teacher librarians should unlearn (20 & counting)
- Kelly Tenkely’s Do you-want to form an alliance-with me?
- Kelly Tenkely’s Twitter Academy
- Lee Kolbert’s I’m Not Who You Think I Am
- Paul Bogush’ s A heart so empty…
- Peter Bromberg’ s 10 Steps to Promote Learning in Your Conference Presentation
- Scott McLeod’s We can’t let educators off the hook
- Shelly Blake-Plock’s Why teachers should blog
- Win Chamberlain’s EdCampKC: A Rather Painful Reflection
- Zachary Chase’s They’re breaking teachers
Teacher blogs
- A GeekyMomma’s blog
- A Journey in TEFL
- A Primary Blog for the 21st Century
- Blogush
- Bluebird’s Classroom
- Cool Cat Teacher
- dy/dan
- Edte.ch
- English Raven
- f(t)
- Finding Ways for All Kids to Flourish
- First Grader At Last!
- huffenglish.com
- Integrating Technology in the Primary School
- It’s Not All Flowers and Sausages
- Journey in Technology
- Kalinago English
- Langwitches
- Learning is Messy
- Lisa’s (Online) Teaching Blog
- Lisa’s Lingo
- Lucacept – intercepting the Web
- MR ROBBO – THE P.E GEEK
- On A Journey with Generation Y
- Online Sapiens
- Open Educator
- Philly Teacher
- Science Teacher
- Speech-Language Pathology Sharing
- SpeEdChange
- Spencer’s Scratchpad
- Successful Teaching
- Tao of Te(a)ching
- Teacher Reboot Camp
- Teacher Tom
- TeachMoore
- TEFLTastic with Alex Case
- The Book Whisperer
- The Digital Down Low
- The Nerdy Teacher
- The Scholastic Scribe
- ToughSledding
- Teaching Literacy in the Primary Classroom
- TeflTecher : Tasks, Videos and Opinions for Tefl Teachers
- The Cleaver Sheep
- The Innovative Educator
- Think Thank Thunk
- What Ed Said
Best librarian / library blog
- Aberfoyle Park Campus Resource Centre Blog
- A Media Specialist’s Guide to the Internet
- Bloggit
- Booked Inn
- Blue Skunk
- Bright Ideas
- Castilleja School Library
- Cathy Nelson’s Professional Blog
- Gryphon LRC
- Heart of School
- Informania
- Library Grits
- Library Tech Musings
- Librarian By Day
- Lucacept – intercepting the web
- Never Ending Search
- Skerricks
- Springston School Library Blog
- Tales from a Loud Librarian
- The Daring Librarian
- The Unquiet Librarian
- The WebFooted Booklady
- Van Meter Library Voice
- VCS Skyway Library
Best school administrator blog
- 21k12
- A Principal’s Reflections
- Burlington High School Principal’s Blog
- ChalkDust
- Connected Principals
- Dangerously Irrelevant
- Darcy Moore’s Blog
- David Truss :: Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts
- Drape’s Takes
- Educational Discourse
- Mr. Torode’s Guidance
- Practical Theory
- Principal Thoughts
- Principals Page The Blog
- Principally Speaking
- Rebel 6 Ramblings
- The Blue Skunk Blog
- The Principal’s Post
- Tado
- The Principal of Change
Best educational tech support blog
- 21k12
- A Principal’s Reflections
- Burlington High School Principal’s Blog
- ChalkDust
- Connected Principals
- Dangerously Irrelevant
- Darcy Moore’s Blog
- David Truss :: Pair-a-dimes for Your Thoughts
- Drape’s Takes
- Educational Discourse
- Mr. Torode’s Guidance
- Practical Theory
- Principal Thoughts
- Principals Page The Blog
- Principally Speaking
- Rebel 6 Ramblings
- The Blue Ckunk Blog
- The Principal’s Post
- Tado
- The Principal of Change
Best elearning / corporate education blog
- Another dot in the blogosphere
- edReformer
- Edutopia
- E-Learning Curve Blog
- Integrating Technology
- Jane’s eLearning Pick of the Day
- Learnboost
- Microsoft The UK Schools Blog
- Rapid E-Learning Blog
- Search ReSearch
- The Gateway to 21st Century Skills: Making the Most of Online Resources
- The Moodle Man blog
- Virtual School Meanderings
Best educational use of audio
- All Things Audio
- Breaking News English
- Deutsche Welle Audiotrainer
- Ed Tech Crew
- EdTech Talk
- Heidisongs
- Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom
- Lit2Go
- Randall’s ESL Cyber Listening Lab
- SCC English Audio Boos – Patterns of Poetry
- Woodstation Elementary School Music Class Podcast
Best educational use of video / visual
- ArtSnacks
- CommonCraft
- Dan Rezac’s ‘Mathedemics’ YouTube Channel
- DoctorLoopy
- Dr. Tae — Building A New Culture Of Teaching And Learning
- dy/dan
- Fugleflicks
- Heidisongs
- I Need My Teachers To Learn
- Khan Academy
- Knowclue’s wiki Machinima’s
- Learn.Genetics
- Learn it in 5
- Mr Lamshed’s Class
- Mrs. Simpson’s blog
- Mrs. Yollis’ Class Blog!
- ProjectExplorer.org
- Room 8 @ Melville Int School
- RSA Animate – Changing Education Paradigms
- RSA 21st Century Enlightment
- Science Video Resources
- SpeEdChange
- Teacher Reboot Camp
- Teacher Training Videos
- TED
- The Daring Librarian
- WCDWT-science
- Welcome to My PLE!
- You can’t be my teacher
Best educational wiki
- 21st Century Concepts
- B-7 Bobcats
- Celebr8UandMeDigitally
- Cool Tools For Schools
- Copyright-Friendly
- DATA
- DSD Wiki
- Edward Bujak’s Wiki
- Educational Origami
- Flat Classroom project
- Games in Education wiki
- Grant Technology Wiki
- Greetings From The World
- King Chavez 3rd Grade
- Kyle Mawer
- Learning 4 Content (L4C)
- LiveBinders 4 Teachers
- Metasaga
- MHMS Tech Wiki
- Mobile Learning 4 special needs
- New Teacher Chat
- New Tools Workshop
- Ozge Karaoglu
- Rock Our World
- Room 133-SMM
- SciDo Collaborative
- School Library Websites Wiki
- TeacherWeb2
- Technology4kids
- Teach with Your iPad
- TEFL World Wiki
- The 2010 Whiteboard Challenge
- The Student Creative
- The UDLTechToolKit
- TL Virtual Cafe
- Twitter 4 Teachers
- WebTools4u2use
- Welcome to biz-e-tech-training!
- Westwood Schools
- Wikistrange
- World of Warcraft in School
- WSD eToolbox
Best educational podcast
- 60 Second Civics
- A.T.Tipscast
- Cool teacher podcast
- Douchy’s Biology Podcasts
- Edtechroundup
- Ed Tech Crew
- EdTechLive
- ELTchat
- ESL Podcast Blog
- Hack College
- Lab Out Loud
- LearnEnglish
- Middle School Matters
- Music Teachers 911
- PortableRadio.ca
- Pulse-Project Math/Maths Weekly Podcasts
- Seedlings Bit by Bit
- SoundTree
- Stanford University
- Teacher 2.0 podcast
- TechChicks
- The Virtual Staffroom
- T is for Training
- With Students in Mind
Best educational webinar series
- 60 Second Civics
- A.T.Tipscast
- Cool teacher podcast
- Douchy’s Biology Podcasts
- Edtechroundup
- Ed Tech Crew
- EdTechLive
- ELTchat
- ESL Podcast Blog
- Hack College
- Lab Out Loud
- LearnEnglish
- Middle School Matters
- Music Teachers 911
- PortableRadio.ca
- Pulse-Project Math/Maths Weekly Podcasts
- Seedlings Bit by Bit
- SoundTree
- Stanford University
- Teacher 2.0 podcast
- TechChicks
- The Virtual Staffroom
- T is for Training
- With Students in Mind
Best educational use of a social network
- Digital Arts Education
- Challenge Yourself to Blog
- Classroom 2.0
- Connected Principals
- Edcamp Philly organizers
- ELTChat
- EFL Classroom 2.0
- English Companion Ning
- Fireside Learning Ning
- Helene Blowers, 23 Things
- Independent Schools Educators Network
- Learn German with Deutsche Welle
- MyEnglishClub
- New Media Literacies Community
- The Global Education Collaborative
- The Educator’s PLN
- UDL4ALL
- Voices of the Gulf
- VSTE
Best educational use of a virtual world
- Daynuv
- Discovery Island in Second Life
- Heike Philp’s Slanguages Conference
- International Schools Island
- ISTE – SIGMS
- Jokaydia Virtual Worlds Wiki
- Quest Atlantis
- The 1920?s Berlin Project in Second Life
- The Virtual Round Table Conference
- Virtual Ability Island in Second Life
- Virtual Worlds Best Practices in Education
- Voyeurism
Best use of a PLN
- Classroom 2.0
- Connected Principals
- #comments4kids
- Dr. Strange’s EDM 310 Class
- ECI831 class
- EFL Classroom 2.0
- #ELTpics / ELTpics on Flickr
- Global Education Conference 2010
- Intel Education Teachers Engage Community
- ISTE 2010 Newbie Project
- Music PLN
- The Reform Symposium
- SMARTBoard Revolution Ning
- Teachmeet
- The Educator’s PLN
- Tom Barrett’s Interesting Ways series
- VSTE
Lifetime achievement
- Alan Levine
- Alec Couros
- Bernie Dodge
- Chris Betcher
- Chris Lehmann
- Dan Myer
- Danah Boyd
- Doug Johnson
- Gary Stager
- Gavin Dudeney
- Howard Rheingold
- Ira Socol
- Jane Hart
- Jerry Blumengarten
- Joseph Pisano
- Joyce Valenza
- Karl Fisch
- Kevin Honeycutt
- Kyle Pace
- Larry Feerlazzo
- Linda Yollis
- Richard Byrne
- Scott McLeod
- Sean Banville
- Sir Ken Robinson
- Steve Hargadon
- Sue Waters
- Vicki Davis
- Wesley Fryer
- Will Richardson
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Hey Doug,
That is a great list and I have added several new blogs to my reader. I think it is worth noting that the list is the edublogs nominees list – to be transparent about the source. Maybe I missed that. I do like the idea of adding to the list. Perhaps someone out there might create a g doc master list …
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Could you imagine how big that Google document would be? And yet, it wouldn’t be big enough!
Miguel did post a link back to the nominees and I did include it in what was reblogged from his blog.