Educational BLOGS

The EdTech Roundup - Home
http://www.edtechroundup.org

This blog page offers a lot of ideas for technology that is out there and being used in education. What I like most about it is that if also blogs about and reviews new technology and supplies helpful links to sample lesson plans.



MindShift | KQED News | KQED Public Media for Northern CA
http://ww2.kqed.org/mindshift/

This blog offers more educational content that promotes dialogue and more research. It brings up topics that are unique but engaging. The topics are wide-ranging and can be anything from how we discuss sex in school to helping student understand what "fake news" is sorting out fact from fiction.



Free Technology for Teachers
http://www.freetech4teachers.com


This blog is great because it gives you a lot of great, FREE, ideas for tools you can use in your classroom. So if you like to frequently try out new things, this is the blog for you. This blog also offers webinars with different tech tips "tip of the week".



On Twitter: @AndrewYNg
Great source for technology news. The author, Andrew Ng is the Chief Scientist of Baidu and Chairman and Co-Founder of Coursera (educational technology company).


On Twitter: @cagelessthink
Great sources educational technology news and ideas. The author, Adam Webster, is a Director of Innovation and Senior Teacher.


On Twitter: @NMHS_Principal
Great sources educational technology information. The author, Eric Sheninger, is a New Jersey High School Principal, Google certified teacher and Adobe education leader.


On Twitter: @stevekatz
Great sources educational technology information. The author, Steve Katz, is a technology integration specialist, teacher author and conference presenter.


On Twitter: @stevekatz
Great sharing source for educators. This twitter account is a collaboration of a variety of teachers offering ideas and information.



Honestly I have not had an opportunity to use these tools, but I do see the value in them. They both can be very useful in gathering and sharing information.  I can definitely use the RSS feed to quickly follow different blogs and sites that I want to follow. This is also true of Twitter which will allow me to have instant information from whomever I follow. Truthfully, this can be a little overwhelming at times as we have so much access to incoming information from various sources.