Blog Search

To get some inspiration, I have searched around for some blogs related to either Science, Educational technology or Using Tech in the Science classroom... I found these by using blogsearch.google.com, technorati.com and following other people's links.

SOME BLOGS ABOUT TECH IN EDUCATION:

Learning Digitally http://mborden.edublogs.org/
A great resource and very clear information presented in an organized way. The slogan for the blog is "Working to help prepare our students for a Web 2.0 world"

Free Technology for Teachers http://www.freetech4teachers.com/
This one is awesome, provides reviews of free tech tools available to teachers and how to use them to enhance their instruction.

Steve Hargadon http://www.stevehargadon.com/
Hargadon is the social learning consultant for Elluminate and the founder of Clasroom 2.0, a great network for teachers wanting to learn more about Web 2.0 tools. Check him out, he is pretty amazing and has seemingly unlimited information about every webtool out there...

Technology for Teaching http://blog.tech4learning.ca/
This Candian blog is very inviting and user-friendly. The blog slogan is "discussing the issues and joys of technology and learning." Great post selection plus check out the video section.


EXAMPLES OF CLASS BLOGS:

Mr. Aria's Biology class http://heymrarias.blogspot.com/
This looks like the start of a neat blog, the teacher is obviosuly passionate about Biology. The main way he uses the blog seems to be as a portal for his students to obtain information about the class (such as schedules, worksheets, presentations, access to grades). He has created some posts with videos and things but I don't see many comments/ discussion, I think he could get more out of it.

Endless Forms Most Beautiful http://access.aasd.k12.wi.us/Staff/Hoffman/Wpress/
Another Biology teacher's blog for her classes, she seems to have put in so much work! This is exactly what I would aim my Blog to look like (I had even picked the same theme when setting mine up recently on edublogs.org!). I like how easy to follow everything around the blog is, and her use of categories. The posts are also interesting, unfortunately, I can't read the comments because they are closed, but judging from the amount of info in her blog, it seems that it has been successful thus far. I also like her idea of calling for "guest bloggers" (experts in Bio fields, etc.)

Science Class 411 http://www.scienceclass411.com/
Here is another teacher's blog, a Physics and Chemistry High School teacher based somewhere in Atlanta. His blog if pretty packed as well, and he seems to use every webtool out there. Among his accomplishments are obtaining a $15,000 grant to obtain a set of laptops with wireless connection for his class. His students seem very engaged in his blog. He uses it for the usual stuff like sharing files, help session schedules, class news, grades, policies, links of interest, there are online practice quizzes and interactive calendars. Many of the posts are intended to teach students how to use a particular tool on his web.