Michelle Harris's List: Blogs

• Most educators need to become comfortable and familiar as participants in these  environments before they can feel successful as creators in these areas.
• Must joins are http://www.facebook.com  (for everyone), http://www.classroom20.com (for educators  interested in using web 2.0 tools), http://iteachilearn.ning.com (for NYC  educators in tech-rich classrooms), and http://www.futureofeducation.com (self  explanatory). To get started read Why  Every Parent and Teacher Should Learn Facebook.
  
• Find some great education blogs to read. You probably want to find blogs that  are written by a teacher for a student audience (Techbrarian), blogs written by educators  for other educators (Techomnivore), blogs written by  students (Newly Ancient),  blogs written by parents (NYC Public School Parents) and blogs written by principals (Practical  Theory and Greg's  Weblog). Subscribe to these blogs (Google Reader is a great tool for  this). Once you get to know them, begin commenting on the blogs. Commenting on  blogs is one of the most important things innovative educators can do. Vicki  Davis, an excellent, well-respected, and widely read blogger explains how to  comment effectively in her post How  to comment like a king (or queen!).
  

• It is important to have a method to assess how you’re doing.  I’ve listed quite a few at Tools  Innovative Educators Can Use to Assess the Infusion of 21st Century Skills Into  Instruction. The post includes ideas for assessing teachers, classrooms, and  administrators.

   

  
  

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• ” service, which provides password-ed class blogs as well as RSS feeds for each  student and teacher blog.