This blog is a little outdated as the last thing post was made November of last year. However, before that it looked like the author was taking news from different sources and combining them to make sense of the changing world of technology. It also seemed like this author used videos and other resources to make sure that the blog did not get boring to the people that read.
Moving at the speed of creativity
This blog seems to be more of my taste. The author is writing about the Middle East and about their reflections of the way that things are down there. The last posting was yesterday so it seems that they are up to date which is always a plus. Finally, it seems that the news that they use is not mainstream media, but authentic news from real people.
This week in Education
This blog is much more interesting than the last couple. I feel like the insertion of twitter and the ability that the author has to talk about mainstream news allows the reader to get more into the information. I would say that maybe he should stick to not talking about politics though.
Schools Matter
This is a blog that you would need to sit down and read on a daily bases, when you have nothing else going on. It seems that the author is chalk-full of information, however, they do not know how to limit the amount of information in each blog. Sit down and read it if you want the information, but do not plan on moving for a little while.
Learning.Now
First thing that I noticed was that the posts were very short. However, that is because the blog shortens them so that you do not have to scroll very far to get to a previous post, which is awesome. Also, even though he discuss things that are very informational to teachers and how to use digital technology in the classroom, the last post was in February.
Learning Curves
Before I go into my interpretation of this blog, I want to say that I found these blogs at the Online Educational Database's top 100 educational blogs The reason that I feel the need to say this is because this blog seems to be one cocky guy talking about how much better he is than everyone else and not about the educational system at all. I read one post about how he taught a class of people that studied the wrong thing in college or dropped out. Then in a different post, he discusses how he doesn't need to listen to the teacher in his class and that he has all the money he needs. In order for this all to be interesting to a reader, they would need to know him, and even then I don't think people would like him.
Learnlets
Well, this one seems to be a little overwhelming at first because of all the wording on the page. This could cause a person to leave this page before they read the good material that he has on this blog. This guy has been blogging for over 3 years and going back to look at his blogs, he shares a lot of interesting material over educational things, and then just plain good living hints like how to avoid taking credit for other people's work.
History is Elementary
This blog is great if you want to learn about random events in history. However, because it is just history, I do not see much connection to the classroom unless you want to teach about the material that is being presented. I do enjoy the information that is there, I just don't see the connection to the classroom.
The Open Classroom
This blog would do itself some good to look at the blog that I am making right now. This blog may be useful, but because it is just full of links, it takes a lot of work and guessing to find the material that they are posting on their blog. However, if they were to start writing a little something about each link that is posted, it would allow the reader to pick and choose what they want to read about.
The Tech Savy Educator
I have to say, this is the best blog that I have found. It features a teacher who shows off ways to incorporate technology inside the classroom, but also how to be creative with the process. The following video is something that I found on one of his posts, and I feel that it does a good job of showing what the entire blog is about.
My 1200 mph Commute from Ben Rimes on Vimeo.
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