Beyond School

Well, Clay, I’ve been called many things over the years, but shy is definitely not one of them!

I’m Shelley, and I work in college counseling at an independent K12 school in the US.

The students I work with most directly are juniors and seniors in high school. I teach a seminar course that deals with self-reflection and the college search process.

I twitter about the day-to-day as “butwait,” and have started to post longer, more coherent (usually, anyway) thoughts at my blog:

http://relaxnoreally.blogspot.com

Thanks for doing this… I keep wishing for a giant yellow pages of school folk who blog and/or twit. Maybe a wiki, ala http://twitterpacks.pbwiki.com/? Always interested to hear your ideas as they develop!

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Clay -

I’ve been blown away with what Karl Fisch, Ann Smith and Maura Moritz are doing at Arapahoe High School in Littleton, Colorado. Take a look at their most recent project involving Daniel Pink and his book A Whole New Mind. Pretty “mind blowing”! They have their students doing all kinds of incredible things with web 2.0 tools and authentic learning!! Yep, you might recognize his name - he made the very viral web vid “Shift Happens”.

The Fischbowl
http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/
Karl Fisch, High School, grades 9-12

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I’m terrible at picking favorites, so it’s a few I think of off the top of my head.

I guess I’ll list myself … I’m a high school history teacher, currently teaching US History and “World” History (it’s really Euro+ or Western Civ in terms of content) in Virginia. The blog is “Where’s the Teacher?” http://invisibleteacher.blogspot.com

I’m a big fan of “Millard Fillmore’s Bathtub” by Ed Darrell (http://timpanogos.wordpress.com/). The blog is upper level history/social science education focused, kind of a broad range of topics.

Also there’s “Speaking of History” which is mostly a blog-of-podcasts but great stuff by an 8th grade US History teacher. http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/

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Hi Clay.

I am one-half of a team that teaches American Studies to juniors at the HS level. This was our first year blogging as a team, and referencing your (and many others’) site(s), we found it really resonated with our kids.

Here’s the address: http://oripsolob.blogspot.com

If anyone is interested, we (the teachers) maintain the “class” blog, while each of our 40 students (linked to in the right-hand column) maintains an individual blog. The content of the posts is supposed to be relevant to class, but anything else on their blogs is personalized to their own tastes in music and photos, etc. This approach seems to make them more likely to post.

They are required to post 1x week and comment on a peer’s blog 1x week. There’s no requirement to comment on the teacher’s blog — it’s extra credit of course!

Thanks for the inspiration and congrats on your recent nuptials!

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Hi!
My name is Lisa Stevens and I am Primary Language Learning and International coordinator at Whitehouse Common Primary School (www.whitehousecommon.org.uk) in England. I teach Spanish to children aged 4-11 here and at another local school. I’m also involved in training and helping other schools to implement the Primary Languages entitlement and speak about PLL and International links (as an eTwinning ambassador) at local and sometimes national conferences.

My blog is called ¡Vámonos! - http://lisibo.blogspot.com

I’d also recommend Joe Dale’s blog Integrating ICT into the MFL classroom - http://joedale.typepad.com
Joe teaches middle school French (aged 9-13) on Isle of Wight in UK and is a techno whizz! There’s not much that gets past him!

I’d also recommend EdTechRoundup - http://edtechroundup.com -
We(I’m one of them!) are a bunch of like-minded, mainly UK-based, educators interested in educational technology. We produce a regular podcast with the aim of spreading good practice and innovative tools in education.

Pedagogically-sound Open Source and Web 2.0 solutions figure quite high on our list of priorities. Please get involved in our del.icio.us network and interact with us via Twitter!

Might come back with a few more soon!
Lisaxx

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Since it was Clay-approved:

I’m Ben (a.k.a. WillyB on Twitter). I teach mainly 10th graders (Earth and Physical Science), and some 11th-12th graders (Physics).

My blog is Sustainably Digital.

A blog I’ve found very useful & thought provoking is Dy/Dan, which is math related, but has given me some great ideas to use in my classes.

Ben’s last blog post..Design, presentations, and the power of the network

Well, I will just suck up and say I like your blog a lot. Really.
Langwitches has a great blog. http://www.langwitches.org/blog
She is a K-6 tech integration specialist with a strong interest in languages (she was previously a Spanish teacher) and global collaboration.
My blog is pretty new. http://www.edtechworkshop.blogspot.com
I am a K-8 Tech teacher. I use my blog to share lesson ideas and just think out loud about things I am trying with my students.

Since you’re asking for it, I may recommend my own site at http://www.edutagger.com for K-12 social bookmarking. The idea is that those links and resources that are more popular float to the top of the list (like Digg.com). The whole concept is designed to save time, which we all know is so important to teachers.

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Hi Clay - I would have to include a couple of “wacky maineiacs” who are English teachers in Maine and have a fun podcast called WickedDecentLearning (http://wickeddecentlearning.blogspot.com/ ).

My blog is still pretty new really got going at the start of the year http://hshawjr007.blogspot.com/. I am a special education teacher in Maine, who is attempting to integrate technology to provide a different approach for my students who haven’t been successful in regular education classrooms. - Harold

Thanks again for all the help

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@Bill Ferriter Thank you so much for the link to Dina’s blog - I read it for the first time after seeing your reference, and am now subscribing.

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Clay, I am a kindergarten teacher in NH. My students blog as a class and individually. There are links to several of our favorite primary classroom blogs at our blog. We blog at
http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=51141

I’ve enjoyed learning about some new blogs from this open thread. Thanks.

Clay, Many of the ones I read are already listed but as a High School English teacher, I am looking for resources that are really about high school teaching and particularly in the light of recent curriculum changes here in Australia, I need blogs that look at cross- curricular teaching and focus on tech in the classroom.
My first port of call is always Jo Mcleay’s http://www.theopenclassroom.blogspot.com.- a fantastic point for connecting to others, to new ideas and for some solid discussion of pedagogy. I also enjoy the broad knowledge of Judy O’Connell’s http://heyjude.wordpress.com/- she is always exploring new fields and willing to question the kinds of changes we are all rushing towards.
Sue Waters has two blogs http://aquaculturepda.edublogs.org/ and http://theedublogger.edublogs.org/ both of which are full of really practical how-to’s and some really good reading about Educational Issues.
I also enjoy Chris Betcher’s http://betch.edublogs.org/. My blog roll in my reader is huge and different bloggers have a different voice to raise on different areas, but all are great to get you thinking and doing.

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I listen to a few podcasts and read a few teacher and for-teachers blogs. I hope you see some value in this list (trying not to repeat others’ posts):

My podcast, which varies and has had some podomatic troubles in the past, losing some posts:
GingerSnapz! http://gingerl.podomatic.com/ (entendre intended)

Ben Wilkoff, a language arts, 21st century learner/teacher has recently moved his work to Learning is Change: http://learningischange.com/

Paul Bogush, “officially” teaching 19thC American history, but doing so much more: http://turkeycrossing.podomatic.com/

Dan Meyers, a math teacher who I would love to have had teach me (but who is not only now teaching me math, but also how to teach math–this one is FUNNY and substantial)! http://blog.mrmeyer.com/

Glenn Weibe (wee-bee) is a social studies tech integrationist who works for ESSDACK. He has a terrific blog called History Tech http://historytech.wordpress.com/

Kevin Honeycutt is also one of my favorite buddies in real life, working as a general technology integrationist at ESSDACK. He’s got GREAT stuff for teachers and techies alike, bringing a human side to all the geekiness: http://kevinhoneycutt.org/

Finally, there’s Jess McCulloch who teaches Chinese in small-town Australia. She’s got a blog called TechnoLOTE which makes technology integration accessible to even the beginning teachers! http://www.technolote.com/ (fyi to US teachers: LOTE = Languages Other Than English).

Finally, last but not least, is Michelle Eckstein in Boulder who writes Gifted And Talented in the 21st Century, a MUST-READ blog for every general education teacher. http://talentedandgifted.net/

Thanks for asking for the list!

GingerTPLC’s last blog post..This I believe! (about ed tech)

See, now I forgot the most important educators of all: Lindsea, Arthus, Stacy, and all the other Voices at Students 2.0
http://students2oh.org/
Love your fresh outlook, enjoy being a co-learner with you.

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Jose Vilson is eminently cool: The Jose Vilson

He teaches math, and talks about that some, but he focuses more on the human side of teaching, making relationships with students, and working for justice.

He’s a teacher blogger I could definitely hang out with.

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The Elementary Educator is at http://mpullen.wordpress.com/

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Mr. B-G’s English Blog
High school English
9-12

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There are so many great blogs that I try to read regularly. After reading this post, I have to add 8-10 more! But a couple of my absolute favorites weren’t mentioned, so I will add them.

1. Graham Wegner describes himself this way: “An Aussie primary school educator involved in technology leadership at his school, always looking to learn and discuss breaking issues.”

His blog is Teaching Generation Z - gwegner.edublogs.org.

Definitely worth a look. Great ideas and straight forward, honest opinions.

2. Suzie Vesper from NZ says … “I’m a primary school teacher working in Wellington. I’m currently an ICT facilitator and this blog is a place to highlight the work being done in our cluster.”

Sharing the Addiction - http://petoneforeshore.blogspot.com

She just seems to have one fantastic idea after another. I always get great stuff from her blog.

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Clay,

Nice post. I would like to mention the Otterman. Siva teaches at the National University of Singapore. He has had his students blogging for many years now. He is a prolific blogger. Practical and informative. He garners students and the public to act in practical ways via his blogging. He makes full use of the community. Brilliant.

Name: Sivasothi
Blog: The Otterman
National University of Singapore
Undergraduates in Science
http://otterman.wordpress.com/

His previous blog:

http://staff.science.nus.edu.sg/~sivasothi/blog/index.php

I also enjoy reading Sue’s blog.

Sue (Family name unknown)
High School English Teacher
Blog: And Another Thing…
http://www.andanotherthing-sue.blogspot.com/

Sue is a great blogger… she has her students and other teachers at heart.

Cheers,

John Larkin

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Short and sweet. I can’t believe it has not been mentioned yet. Clarence Fisher’s Remote Access:

http://remoteaccess.typepad.com/remote_access/

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I am a technology curriculum integration specialist by day and online art and technology teacher by night. My blog is: Techno Constructivist http://carlanderson.blogspot.com

In December I tried to pull together a list of great RSS feeds (most of which were teacher blogs) that teachers at Goodhue Public Schools could use to help build their PLNs. I blogged that list at: http://carlanderson.blogspot.com/2007/12/rss-feeds-for-teachers.html

I have added quite a few blogs to this list since I blogged about it in December.

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Here are my favorite teacher blogs

Ms. Frizzle, (middle school?) science
http://msfrizzle.wordpress.com

Full of Bees, 10th grade English
http://fullofbees.wordpress.com

Epiphany in Baltimore, HS English
http://epiphanyinbaltimore.blogspot.com

Mildly Melancholy,
http://mildlymelancholy.blogspot.com

And I’ll include my own. I’m a teacher-in-training, and try to include as much about what I’m learning and what I find interesting,
http://www.everydayjae.blogspot.com

My favorites have been taken already, but I’ll include my mythology blog:
http://www.bubosblog.blogspot.com