Parade of the EduBlogs!
Oh look, there are clowns
by Fred Barton
Editor, SLATE Newsletter
The Education Wonks (http://educationwonk.blogspot.com/)
Focus: Public education (K-12)
Author(s): Kimberly Swygert; guests
Audience: Educators
By Their Words You Shall Know Them: “Just the other day, we took U.S. Secretary of Education Margaret Spellings to task for paying lip-service to teachers but not actually proposing anything that would help teachers do a better job of serving their students.”
Learning the Gravy Way (http://www.gravyway.com/)
Focus: College
Author(s): “Joshua”
Audience: college students
By Their Words You Shall Know Them: “I remember when I was a kid, I used to love reading. Back then, I always read what I wanted: fantasy, science, some really nerdy stuff that I’m too embarrassed to mention, etc. However, once I entered high school, being forced to read very dry, dense novels almost crushed my passion.”
Get on the Bus (http://tinyurl.com/zhtj7)
Focus: Public schools (K–College)
Author(s): Scott Elliott (This is the education blog of the Dayton Daily News in Dayton, Ohio.)
Audience: General
By Their Words You Shall Know Them: “I don’t know. It seems like on the whole MSM edubloggers are pretty experienced and serious. And while some of the MSM edublogs are still finding their way, I think a couple have pretty distinctive voices and a lot of interesting things to say.”
Huffenglish.com (http://www.huffenglish.com/)
Focus: English Education
Author(s): Dana Huff
Audience: English Teachers/Educators
By Their Words You Shall Know Them: “I did have a moment this week that was one of those moments that all teachers really long for. It’s one of those moments when a student says he/she really learned something. And they kind of thank you for it.”
D–Ed Reckoning (http://d-edreckoning.blogspot.com/)
Focus: Public schools (K-12)
Author(s): Ken Derosa
Audience: Educators
By Their Words You Shall Know Them: “The primary problem with K-12 education today is the problem of dead reckoning—an estimate based on little or no information. We don't know what a good K-12 education system is because we've never seen one operating. A good education system is one that is capable of educating almost every child.”
The Quick And The Ed (http://www.quickanded.com/)
Focus: Education Policy
Author(s): Thomas Toch; Bill Tucker; Kevin Carey; Sara Mead; Andrew J. Rotherham; Ethan Gray
Audience: Educators
By Their Words You Shall Know Them: “Quick and the Ed will reflect the opinions of the group of individuals who post here. Sometimes, some of us will have strong opinions on one side or the other of a particular issue. We launched this blog to create a forum for sharing those ideas.”
Bud The Teacher (http://budtheteacher.com/blog/)
Focus: Instructional technology
Author(s): Bud Hunt
Audience: Teachers
By Their Words You Shall Know Them: “My blog is a space for transparent reflection about high school, language arts education, educational technology, and how to best use tech in the classroom. I favor open conversation and discussion on the educational issues of the day, as well as reflections on my own practice.”
Borderland (http://borderland.northernattitude.org/)
Focus: Teaching
Author(s): Doug Noon
Audience: Teachers
By Their Words You Shall Know Them: “Educating people for a democratic society is cultural work. Teachers must become border crossers. We need to be creatively flexible because even if curriculum is standardized, our students are not. Teaching is more than methodology. It begins with understanding, and it depends on personal connections that honor the identities of learners.”
Blog of Proximal Development (http://www.teachandlearn.ca/blog/)
Focus: Teaching with technology
Author(s): Konrad Glogowski
Audience: Teachers
By Their Words You Shall Know Them: “This blog is an attempt to vocalize some of my thoughts on this subject (blogging) and comment on the impact that blogging and blogging communities have on my classroom and my students.”
The Reflective Teacher; changed April 2008 to Hey Mister: A Teacher's Blog (http://heymister.wordpress.com/)
Focus: Teaching
Author(s): Anonymous
Audience: New Teachers
By Their Words You Shall Know Them: “When it comes to education, I think we should be wary about the unintentional messages we send. This week alone, I’ve heard students comment about the difference in the way races are treated in the school; I’ve seen those races argue about their differences; and I’ve seen the way we unintentionally segregate these races.”
Today’s Homework (http://graycie5198.blogspot.com/)
Focus: Teaching life
Author(s): “Graycie”
Audience: Teachers (middle and high)
By Their Words You Shall Know Them: “Ninety percent of the human contact in my life has been with 13-to-17-year-old people. This is both exciting and scary. Sometimes when someone asks what I do, I tell them that I am a professional grown-up. This also means that when I am not being professional, I don't have to be grown-up.”
Tales From The Chalk Face (http://talesfromthechalkface.blogspot.com/)
Focus: Teaching Life (In England)
Author(s): “Bloom”
Audience: Teachers
By Their Words You Shall Know Them: “The thing that really pissed me off when I was training to teach was that many of the teachers and mentors you were assigned to begrudgingly offered help, advice and mentoring. They always appeared preoccupied, in a hurry or indifferent.”
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