Today’s Blog Review
Posted on October 26th, 2008 in Uncategorized
I visited two Education Blogs today. I was pretty impressed with what I saw. Neither of them seemed pretentious or self-centered like most Blogs I have visited in the field of education.
This was the first site that I visited. This website is a wonderful collection of history factoids that is presented in a way that encourages social studied teachers to use the information in their own class. The website takes seemingly straightforward historical events, typically in the area of U.S. History, and then bends it to give the reader a new perspective. This blog also includes interesting current events by adding quotations, pictures and commentary in a short and concise way. As an educator, I would ask others to try and determine why this blog is so different from the rest of the Education blogs listed on http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs Top 100 Education blogs. Other than the content, how is this information and design more engaging?
The second blog that I visited was a breath of fresh air. This blog was so different than all the other blogs found on http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs because of it’s layout and design. The author is not interested in writing entries that take a half an hour to read each day. This is the type of blog where you can find new ideas and links in super short, very fun examples and links with a little bit of commentary scattered throughout. The content comprises of educational news, and happenings for the majority of the blog, but other fun links are added to break up the monotony. With a focus on technology and current events, this blog tries to convince teachers that real life news and technology can be used, discussed and played with in any classroom. I ask that all teachers compare this blog with almost every other blog found in Education. What links and ideas does this website promote than other education blogs do not?
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