Technology+in+Education


 * Technology in Education Blog **

 

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 * Cool Cat Teacher Blog**
 * Rating: B**

Created by VIcki Davis, a teacher in Camilla, Georgia, this blog not only offers discussion on technology in education but provides links to other "cool" blogs. In addition, access to her other online subscriptions are available, as well as, information about successful classroom projects. While you are there, don't forget to check out her videos, presentations, and reading list.

Reviewed by: K. Maltby 

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 * Education Week: Teaching Generation Tech **

 As a writer and teacher, Katie Hanifin has created a blog dedicated to helping other educators integrate technology into the classroom. Most discussions are based on her personal experiences as she works with technology to make her lessons innovative and exciting for the students. Enjoy the links to other blogs she has found useful, as well as, links to educational reosurces. Well designed and user-friendly, this blog is one to bookmark.
 * Rating: A**

Reviewed by: K. Maltby 

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 * Web-logg-ed: Learning with the Read/Write Web **


 * Rating: A**

Technology guru, Will Richardson, created this blog to share his expertice in integrating technology with education. Updated regularly, this discussion board is the place to go to find information about the latest and greatest innovations applicable to the classroom. In addition, you will find tabs to link to information on his keynotes and workshops, videos, online applications, and other valuable blogs regarding education. His blog archive is conveniently organized into topics to facilitate an easy search for the exact information you seek.

Reviewed by: K. Maltby 

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 * Teach 42 **

**Rating: C**

If you are interested in finding out information about Twitter, Facebook and many other technology advances this site may be for you. Teach 42 has many discussions on the creators views on different technology topics. New postings are sporadic and references are not listed. Some of the blogs would be helpful to someone who may looking for a technology conversation. The creator also has a an area that has links to other blogs, a digital passport, and some of the more popular blogs of Teach 42. The site could be a valuable resource for many educators if it was updated more often and resources were listed.

Reviewed by: K. Jorgensen []
 * The Thinking Stick **
 * Rating: A **

Jeff Utecht has creating the //Thinking Stick// to make educators and administrators think about technology in new ways. His site is well organized and is user friendly. The site also up to date and include a lot of useful information on questions we may need answered about technology. Some of the Blogs include ways for administrators to rate technology usage in the classroom, lesson ideas and much more. The Thinking Stick is a great site for all educators.

Reviewed by: Kate Jorgensen  

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 * Erica's Blog **
 * Rating: B **

Erica's blog has a lot of discussion on technology in the classroom. Many of the blogs answer a lot of the questions that educators may be having and they also provide lesson ideas. There is an easy table of contents that allows the reader access to choose the topic they are most interested in. This site can be used as a great resource for many, if not all teachers.

Reviewed by: Kate Jorgensen

**Our Overnight Plannin System** []


 * Rating: C**

The "OOPS" was organized to equip teachers with strategies for those unpredictable "oops" moments that happen in every classroom. With this is mind, this site seems to stray from its original intent. While there are some useful resources to be found here, they are not effectively organized, leaving the reader to browse through the content until a topic of interest appears. It appears that this site is somewhat of an "oops" in and of itself. Organization could improve it tremendously.

Reviewed by: Sabrina Koneman  <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="color: rgb(23,43,79); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 128.7%; color: rgb(23,43,79); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">4Teachers.org: Teach with Technology <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(23,43,79); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 130%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 104%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[] <span style="color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">


 * Rating : A**

If you are a teacher who is interested in integrating technology into your classroom but you just don't know where to start, then I suggest you start right here. This site is filled with resources for teachers and students alike. It is managed by an umbrella organization for 4teacher tools called ALTEC, which manages the Technology Rich Classroom (TRC) initiative out of Kansas. It provides teachers with resources about professional development, web-ready lesson plans, rubrics, assessments, video production tools, and endless more activities. It also has interactive opportunities for students. This is a site that should be bookmarked on every teachers computer.

Reviewed by: Sabrina Koneman<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(23,43,79); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

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 * Free Technology for Teachers**
 * Rating: A**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This site is a must have for educators seeking to incorporate technology into their classrooms! It offers a multitude of resources regarding implementation of technology into the classroom as well as blogs with real educators who are currently integrating new and innovative practices. Richard Byrne, a fellow educator, is the author of this site and offers real advice and help from the field. His weblog also received the 2008 EduBlog award for being the best resource sharing blog. The resources available on this site are limitless; therefore, there are no constraints on what teachers can do with technology if they are willing to use the resources available.

Reviewed by: Christina Mills

<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(23,43,79);">**<span style="color: rgb(31,28,69); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Innovative Educator ** []


 * Rating: B**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">With technology becoming one of the most discussed subjects regarding education, this weblog shares the newest innovations being implemented in education by fellow educators. Lisa Nielsen is the creator of this weblog, and she is the manager for the New York City Department of Education. The goal of this site is to socially connect educators who are “interested in educating innovatively.” Here educators contribute their expertise in an effort to promote the best of what technology has to offer to the field of education. It also has the most top ranked posts for users to easily view when they first enter the blog's main page. However, one downfall is that it is not easy to navigate because the posts are not clearly defined in categories. Nonetheless, the value of learning from other educators is truly worth your efforts.

Reviewed by: Christina Mills

<span style="color: rgb(23,43,79);">**<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(31,28,69);"> EdTech Solutions: Teaching Every Student ** []


 * Rating: A**

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This blog provides thought-provoking ideas about reaching all students, particularly special needs students, through educational technology. Creator Karen Janowski reviews new technology, including assistive technology, as well as teaching strategies for greater inclusion. She includes links to websites from the manufacturers, ideas for using technology, discussions about inclusion, and general information on topics related to inclusion. It is a good source for information about inclusion and assistive technology, but also for resources for differentiating instruction.

Reviewed by: Becky Polzin

<span style="color: rgb(0,128,0);"><span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(31,28,69); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**Teach 42** [|www.**teach42**.com]


 * Rating: C**

If you are interested in finding out information about Twitter, Facebook and many other technology advances this site may be for you. Teach 42 has many discussions on the creators views on different technology topics. New postings are sporadic and references are not listed. Some of the blogs would be helpful to someone who may looking for a technology conversation. The creator also has a an area that has links to other blogs, a digital passport, and some of the more popular blogs of Teach 42. The site could be a valuable resource for many educators if it was updated more often and resources were listed.

Reviewed by: K. Jorgensen <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(31,28,69); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">** Teacher Tech Bites ** [|**http://www.teachertechbites.com/**]

<span style="font-size: 90%; color: rgb(0,0,0);">** Rating: B **

<span style="font-size: 97.2%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This site has some great little (5-10 minutes) videos for teachers to help learn how to use technology in the classroom. The videos were helpful but the site has not been uploaded since February. I liked the ease of navigating uploading the items. <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(31,28,69); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

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 * The Tech Savvy Educator**


 * Rating: B**

Brian Rimes has created a site with ideas for using technology across the curriculum. His tags make it very easy to locate the material you want and his site is easy to navigate. Occasionally it gets a bit over-technical and new postings are sporadic. This site will be more useful for elementary and middle school teachers than high school teachers. Rimes offers a wealth of ideas for using Google Earth, social bookmarking, virtual field trips, and the like, but he also conveniently categorizes by instructional area, including science, math, language arts, music, and more.

Reviewed by: Becky Polzin <span style="font-size: 160%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> =<span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(23,43,79); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 112%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: 'Trebuchet MS',Helvetica,sans-serif;">The Thinking Stick <span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> = =<span style="font-size: 80%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> = <span style="font-size: 88%; color: rgb(0,0,0); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[]
 * Rating: A **

Jeff Utecht has creating the Thinking Stick to make educators and administrators think about technology in new ways. His site is well organized and is user friendly. The site also up to date and include a lot of useful information on questions we may need answered about technology. Some of the Blogs include ways for administrators to rate technology usage in the classroom, lesson ideas and much more. The Thinking Stick is a great site for all educators.

Reviewed by: Kate Jorgensen

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">**<span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(31,28,69);">Web-logg-ed: Learning with the Read/Write Web ** []


 * Rating: A**

Technology guru, Will Richardson, created this blog to share his expertice in integrating technology with education. Updated regularly, this discussion board is the place to go to find information about the latest and greatest innovations applicable to the classroom. In addition, you will find tabs to link to information on his keynotes and workshops, videos, online applications, and other valuable blogs regarding education. His blog archive is conveniently organized into topics to facilitate an easy search for the exact information you seek.

Reviewed by: K. Maltby<span style="color: rgb(23,43,79); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

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 * Ideas and Thoughts from an EdTech **

<span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 96%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Dean Shareski’s blog often features deep thinking, but sometimes it’s just musings or entertainment. It really does not focus on tips and techniques that can be directly applied in the classroom, but rather on philosophy and overall approaches to education. It makes for interesting reading for teachers at all levels. He does reference Rick Stiggins and Will Richardson, among others.
 * Rating: B**

Reviewed by: Becky Polzin <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(31,28,69); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(31,28,69);"> <span style="font-size: 120%; color: rgb(31,28,69); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">

Digital Education
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 * Rating: C**

<span style="font-size: 80%; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Sponsored by Education Week, this site discusses trends and issues in educational technology. It is frequently updated by authors Katie Ash and Kathleen Kennedy Manzo. Their writing generally offers opinions and observations, rather than specific information that teachers can apply in the classroom, but some posts don’t have much depth.



Blogs

1.http://blog.diigo.com/2008/09/19/announcing-diigo-educator-accounts/ about 'This is the source for news and updates about Diigo, tips for using Diigo, articles about surprising and fascinating new ways our users have found to apply Diigo in their lives, and our thoughts on Diigo and the new, social web that Diigo is helping to create and shape. In the browsing category, (Diigo) we were up against major platforms like Firefox, Internet Explorer 8, Google Chrome, Safari, My Yahoo, and 24 others.' (This was displayed at the site) Rating : A

2.	http://www.edutopia.org/technology-global-classroom#comment-63452

Edutopia.org Blogs Sometimes inspiration isn't enough. When people see something great, they want the recipe: How do I implement this at my school? What does it take? Where do I go for help? We've profiled hundreds of exemplary programs and smart practices on this Web site. We want these islands of excellence to become the norm for excellent schooling in the digital age. It's time to scale these programs up! So, through our network of professional colleagues, we'll be using our cumulative experience and collective intelligence to post items -- innovative, creative, mostly practical, and sometimes unusual -- to get you started on your journey to improve your classroom, school, or school district.(Information found on sitr) Rating : A

3.	http://www.storiesfromschool.org/2008/09/tech-teach.html 'The Center for Strengthening the Teaching Profession (CSTP) is committed to amplifying the voices of accomplished teachers to help shape education policy so that all Washington students have what they need to succeed. CSTP is an independent, nonprofit organization that supports student achievement through its focus on improving the quality of teaching.' (As seen in the comments) Rating : A