Edublog Awards

Here is a great lists of new blogs / sites, cool ideas and resources that may be helpful to your teaching.

http://edublogawards.com/

Please let me know if you found something that you can use in your classroom.  

Model for Using Technology in Education

The Read, Reflect, Display, and Do Model can help teachers as they integrate technology into the classroom. This is an interesting article that provides teachers with some practical suggestions for using the internet to incorporate this model.

http://www.eschoolnews.com/news/top-news/index.cfm?i=62192

What other suggestions do you have for leveraging the internet to help students learn?

How to Use Blogging in Learning

In his post Stephen Downes recommends that instructors lead by example. “Before requiring students to blog, instructors should lead by example, creating their own blogs and adding links to interesting resources and commentary on class topics. This not only produces a useful source of supplemental information for students, it creates a pattern and sets expectations for when students begin their own blogging.”

What other suggestions did Stephen Downes mention in his blog that you think would apply to you and your students?

http://halfanhour.blogspot.com/2009/04/blogs-in-education.html

Henry Jenkins on Parent Participation in the Digital Age

Henry Jenkins from Edutopia from Spotlight on Vimeo.

Using Blogs in Professional Development

Think about your Personal Learning Network.  What are your professional interests?  How are you engaging others in your Personal Learning Network?  How are you connecting and sharing with others?

This week I'm facilitating an online discussion on how to use blogs in professional development for teachers.  Below are two ways  teachers can use blogs to support their professional development:

1.  Establish learning communities with their colleagues to share resources and tips

2.  Use blogs to learn, share, and collaborate with subject matter experts

How do you think teachers can use blogs in their professional development?