Activity Two

You will take a look at some professional blogs as well as some classroom and teacher blogs. You can find links to several educational blogs in the Sidebar (Educational Blogs, My Favorites, or Miscellaneous) section of this wiki. If you can't find a blog that "suits your fancy", you can try a blog search engine, like Icerocket or Technorati. Just type in a topic you're curious about and see what the blogosphere finds for you.

Your task is simply to read to see what's out there. You're looking for something that you can share with the group. The trick is that you won't be sharing out loud -- you'll be sharing on the blog that you just created.

Find and reflect on a blog entry that you find interesting, frustrating, or otherwise response-worthy. Write a post on your blog sharing your response, question, or an idea for using a blog in your own classroom (from the information you gained from reading the chosen blogger's post). See if you can figure out how to link back to the blog that got you thinking. (If not, that's okay - We will learn how to do that in the next activity!)

Suggested Blogs

Will Richardson - Blog Evangelist

David Warlick = 2 Cents Worth

Anne Davis - Former Teacher and ITS at GSU

Doug Johnson - Media and Technology Director

A Difference - Classroom Teacher's Blog

Jeff Utecht - The Thinking Stick - Teacher in Shanghai

Mark Alhness - Classroom Teacher - 3rd Grade Seattle, Washington - Mark's Students' Blogs

Vicki Davis - Teacher - Westwood School in Camilla, GA

Lewis Elementary - Principal, Tim Lauer

The Pulse - Education's Place for Debate

Andy Carvin - PBS Learning Now

Technology and Learning - Group Blog

MyBarackObama - Political Blog