Blogs+and+Microblogs

= **Blogs and Microblog Resources:** =

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[|http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com] (L. Bynoe) Educational blog by teacher Vicki Davis. Teaching students with new tools, enthusiasm, and belief that teaching is a **noble** calling.
 * //We will leave behind our preconceived notions!//
 * //We will go into territory where we do not feel comfortable!//
 * //We will go where our students congregate and interact!//
 * // We will do what it takes to reach the most disconnected and connected generation in history. - V. Davis //

[] ====Integrating Technology in the Primary Classroom: A primary school teacher sharing resources, practical ideas and thoughts on blogging, global collaboration and technology integration.Written by teacher Kathleen Morris====

[] - Follow along at an Elementary School as they integrate iPads into the first and second grade classrooms CBaldiga

[] An edublog about integrating technology into the classroom

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Teaching American History Blog
(KGrace) [|Becoming America Blog] - This is a blog in which I am one of the authors. We provide content for our teachers involved in our TAH project - Becoming America. We also provide information about events and news of historical events going on around Boston that may be of interest to teachers of history.Here is a sampling of some of the blog entries:
 * June 27, 2011 - Looking for something historical to do this summer?
 * June 15, 2011 - Lincoln needs a facebook page
 * January 7, 2011 - Our Ethnic Mosaic

Free Technology For Teachers (Jenny Murphy) Blog maintained by Richard Byrne, a history teacher and techie, from Maine. The purpose of this site is to share information about free that teachers can use in their classrooms.

[] This is a blog by Sharon Taberski all about comprehension. I found it interesting; it does focus on elementary school, and ELL students, which is quite helpful to my school district. (Holly)

**Mrs. Cassidy's First Grade Blog**
Mrs. Cassidy has over 30, 000 visitors to her classroom blog. Each of her students also has a blog linked to the class blog. Just your normal first grade classroom! About the Blogger I teach a class of six year olds in __Moose Jaw, Canada__ who are inviting the world into their classroom to help them learn. You can contact me at cassidy.kathy@prairiesouth.ca Sue

KidBlog - For elementary & middle school teachers who want to provide each student with their own blog. (Judy Vizard)

http://workinstupid.blogspot.com/2011/06/parents-of-year.html This is the blog of a coworker of mine. She just finished her second year of teaching middle school science after coming out of the textbook publishing industry. She is very funny and brutally honest. One of my favorite posts is a somewhat serious one, well, as serious as this girl can get, about her graduation and a starfish (under 2010 on the right side under June). (lElizabeth Dever)

[|Teaching History with Web 2.0]

Until he was promoted to district technology director, Gregory Kulowiec of the Plymouth School District maintained this valuable blog & resource site for integrating history education with technology/new media. He hasn't blogged in about a year, but the site remains a valuable resource for the archive of what he's published and the resource links he's posted. (Joe Ferreira)

[|Tony Wagner's Blog]

Tony Wagner, of the [|Harvard School of Education], maintains a blog about the latest researched advances in combining technology with content education. Wagner was the keynote speaker in 2009 at the MassCUE conference at Gillette Stadium and his "[|7 skills students need for the future]" YouTube video are compelling and discomforting. The [|Power Point] of his presentation is available from the A[|sia Society Web site]. (Joe Ferreira)

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[|Digital Ethnography Blog] (Dr. Michael Wesch)

Michael Wesch, Associate Professor of Anthropology at Kansas State University, has become a guru of 21 st century digital learning. His blog is inspiring, though it can be daunting to realize how much pre-collegiate instruction needs to change. (Joe Ferreira)

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