Technology+Blog+Links

Digital Education at edweek.org at []
= = Digital Education is a blog that was created to discuss K-12 technology topics and trends. Through discussions of technology tools and strategies, authors Katie Ash and Kathleen Kennedy Manzo keep educators up to speed on ways they might use technology to enhance lessons and increase student learning.

Resources included on this site are links to articles and other blogs at edweek.org, a site designed to provide educators and the public with insight into issues within the American educational system at all levels and grades. Also included are links to Teacher Magazine, Digital Directions, Top School Jobs, and Research Center, to help professionals stay current in the field of education.

This site is very useful and has many great blogs with interesting topics of discussion. Teachers must be aware of the latest trends in all areas of education, but Digital Education provides the latest in the world of technology. 


Resource Contributed by Erin Tregloan

= Educational Technology at []= = =

= = Educational Technology is a blog created by editor, Ray Schroeder, of the University of Illinois at Springfield. With few bells and whistles, this blog is a simple but practical resource for educators through its discussions of news, techniques, and theories of the effective use of technology in education.

Resources include links to other sites created by the Office of Technology-Enhanced Learning from the University of Illinois at Springfield.

One reason for the usefulness of this site is it appeals to educators, parents, and higher education students. There is a wide range of topics to discuss, and I have found it to be especially useful throughout this Walden course. The discussions are relevant and helpful to someone learning to use technology as both a student and a teacher.

= [|Jane's E-Learning Pick of the Day] = = E-Learning pick of the day is a blog created by Jane Hart, a Social Media and Learning Consultant. Every day = = she features an item of learning interest. Resources include links to other educational technology blogs. One reason this blog is useful, is that she posts new sites daily.=

Rating: 5
Resource Contributed by Kelly Rudy

**Great Technology Websites**

During our first week of class, I used this site to find blogs relating to technology in the classroom and how to integrate it. I found more than what I needed. This site is great for anyone interested in Integrating Technology in their classroom and everything in between. This site is owned by Walden University and it contains article, forums, blogs, multimedia and newswires. I would consider this to be a great technology resource.

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The usefulness of this resource is very valuable. Within the Walden community there lies a great site for educators and collaborators alike. If you are interested in learning more about Integrating Technology in the classroom, then this would be a great place to start. Evaluation: 5

Another resource I came across for information on integrating technology is Education World. This site allows teachers to have a place on the internet where they can exchange ideas and get answers to questions from colleagues all over the world. This site is a search engine for educational websites only, it allows the teacher to find sites within their site instead of having to go out onto the world wide web. This site was created by the Education World team located in California and Conneticutt. If you are looking for anything from worksheets to technology education, then this is your site. You can consider it to be a one stop shopping experience.

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The usefulness of this resource is extremely valuable. This website is dedicated for teachers. I believe that this site relates closely to the content of our class. Evaluation: 5 = =

Contributed by Erika Sepanski

===Free Technology for Teachers is a resource created by Richard Byrne that has links to other blogs and websites that you can utilize in your classroom. The link below has a super game website for K-6 students which are the grade levels at my school. It is just one example of the kind of links you can find on this site. ===

Educational Technology
===Educational Technology is a blog created by [|Ray Schroeder] professor emeritus and director of the [|Office of technology-Enhanced Learning] at The University of Illinois at Springfield. It is a good forum for discussing the implications of Web 2.0 and how it affects education. ===


===I just thought I'd throw in my daughter's teacher's blog as an example of one way a classroom blog could be used to communicate with the parents. Mrs. Bassett also said that it helps keep herself organized by jotting things down on her blog as she gets information from the administration. ===

Contributed by John Kuszynski
Weblogg-ed, [|www.Weblogg-ed.com] is a site by, Will Richardson, “Learner in Chief” at Connective Learning and the author of [|Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms] now in its 2nd Edition, published by Corwin Press. This site is dedicated to discussions and reflections on the use of Weblogs, wikis, RSS, audiocasts and other Read/Write Web related technologies in the K-12 realm, technologies that are transforming classrooms around the world. I visit this site periodically when I need to understand more about integrating technology in my classroom. It has valuable and updated information as resources for teachers.


 * Rating: 5 **by Fayette Long

**The Thinking Stick at thethinkingstick.com** []

This site is created by Jeff Utecht to discuss the need for teaching keyboarding to elementary level students. His question promotes a big question that most teachers have, "When do we teach typing." As a teacher himself, he listed several suggestions for how to teach keyboarding and what his expectations are for his students. A couple of the beliefs and expectations that Jeff had that I thought were great insights are included below:
 * ~We should expose students to the keyboard as much as possible!
 * ~Every student starting in Kindergarten should be exposed to a keyboard as often as possible. 15 minutes three times a week would be preferred.
 * ~In 1st grade the focus would be to have student use two hands on the keyboard.
 * ~By 3rd grade typing should be part of the writing curriculum. The time spent on cursive writing should be replaces with keyboard time (cursive writing is an art form and should be part of art…..my opinion and my opinion only!).

> > **Rating:** ** 5 ** > > Resource contributed by Michelle Mellis
 * ~By 5th grade students should be required to turn in at least one type written assignment a week and spend no less then 120 minutes a week exposed to a computer keyboard.

EduBlog Insights ** at []

This site was set up by Anne Davis for educators as a place to reflect, discuss, and explore possibilities for the use of weblogs in education. I found this to be a helpful site that provides instructional technology practices and blogs about the integration of technology at all curriculum areas. Within the site one can participate in commenting, reflecting, and/or brainstorming with other educators about educational practices. There is a lot of resources available on Anne Davis site.
 * Rating: 5 **

Resource contributed by Michelle Mellis

=Integrating Technology Blog Links=

[|http://blog.classroomteacher.ca]

This blog was developed Kisu Kuroneko is the editor-in-chief of Blog.ClassroomTeacher.ca. He currently teaches Grade 7 and 8. I found this site really informative and had great topics to respond to. He currently has nearly 50,000 people that subscribe to his technology blog. He talks about new and upcoming technology that can be utilized in today's classrooms.

More and more teachers are integrating technology in the classroom. After all, the world is changing and it’s scary how many kids know more about computers than their parents. At Blog.ClassroomTeacher.ca they blog for many reasons:
 * 1) to show cutting-edge ways that K-12 teachers integrate technology into the classroom,
 * 2) to network with other teachers who blog,
 * 3) to model for our students that some teachers in-fact do write, and the writing process isn’t something we //just// do in school.
 * 4) to showcase our work

Rating: 4

Blogs for Classrooms []

This site is a free website provided for teachers to set up blogs for use in their classrooms. It is really easy to set it up from this website! 21Publish provides products for the multi-user blogging and publishing needs of classrooms, businesses, communities, clubs, schools & universities, and non-profit organizations.

Rating: 5

Resource Contributed by: Brianna Nelson

=Educational Technology = [] Educational Technology is a blog that was created to keep up-to-date with changing technologies, issues and related developments in education, distance education, and online learning. Author, Ray Schroeder, is a professor and Director of Technology-Enhanced Learning, University of Illinois at Springfield and Faculty Associate at the University of Illinois Online office in Urbana. Resources included on this site are links to articles, blogs and a teacher resource page which includes excellent websites for teachers to further educate themselves on various topics.

This site is very useful with several intriguing topics of discussion. Educators need to be aware of how quickly technology is changing and how they can incorporate new technology within their classrooms. Rating: 5 Resource Contributed by Suzie Stambek

 =**Weblogg-ed** = [] Weblogg is a blog created and maintained by Will Richardson, “Learner in Chief” at Connective Learning and the author of // “ [|Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms] ” //, a book I am currently using in my Masters class at Walden University //. // This site is dedicated to discussions and reflections on the use of Weblogs, wikis, RSS, audiocasts and other Read/Write Web related technologies in the K-12 curriculum that are transforming classrooms around the world.

Resources provided: · A list of blogs //A-Z// from around the country · Locations of Future Workshops · Resources for blogging

I highly recommend this website for both the veteran blogger and the new blogger (like me). There are many resources available to educate you on how to effectively use new technology in the classroom. Rating: 5+ Resource Contributed by Suzie Stambek

