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Saturday, February 18, 2012

Getting Started

I played around with blogs last semester but this is my first serious attempt at exploring blogs and using them in my classroom. In my 21st Century Teaching and Learning course, we searched for some of the better educational blogs out there in the "Great World Wide Web". Here are a few of my own personal favorites.

Favorite Blogs

http://www.freetech4teachers.com/- This blog is an incredible resource for teachers. There was a great tutorial handbook for using all the free tools that Google has to offer. There is also a whole page on blogs. I found some video tutorials there on setting up a blog on Blogger. I wish that I had had that when trying to set up my blog and explaining how to add posts and comments to my students.

http://blog.schoollibraryjournal.com/neverendingsearch The Never Ending Search is a blog created by Joyce Valenza, a well known leader in  the library media  field. I liked the simplicity of her site. I has great resources and ideas for one to digest one small bite at a time. I think the blog is actually a newsletter for school library Journal.

http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/ The Daring Librarian is a blog that I also found useful. She had a post about a QR code lesson that she did with elementary students. I was just introducing my students to QR codes this week. There was another interesting post about consolidating all the informat5ion stored on multiple flash drives.
http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/    David Warlick’s blog offers reflective thoughts on education, technology, and pedagogy.

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4 comments:

  1. JNBFebruary 27, 2012 at 2:54 PM

    Hi Susan,
    Thanks for recommending "The Never Ending Search." As an English teacher, I am finding this to be a really interesting resource. It seems to have a lot of information not only about books, but also how to navigate certain resources and has some nice suggestions for lessons. I've already subscribed to it!

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    1. Susan CrowleyFebruary 29, 2012 at 8:27 PM

      I am glad that you found it helpful. Joyce Valenza creates all kinds of resources and tools promoting information literacy.

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  2. MichelleFebruary 29, 2012 at 7:08 PM

    I am interested in all of the tools that are available on google. I could use some tutoring and therefore am going to subscribe to http://www.freetech4teachers.com Thanks for the great tip.

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  3. Susan CrowleyFebruary 29, 2012 at 8:23 PM

    Google has some great tools. Google Docs has programs similar to Microsoft Office but they are web based and free. We are starting to get a lot of students that have Apple computers or do not have Office installed on their computers. It is also a good way to collaborate because it is web based.

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