100,000 Edublogs

Sun, Oct 7, 2007

James Farmer announced 100,000 Edublogs on his popular Edublogs.org, the online education tools and community of blogging educators. Edublogs was the first WordPressMU run site, with WordPress.com following soon after.I’ve long been a huge fan of Edublogs and the work that James Farmer has been doing to make blogs free to educators and students.

Are you a teacher, student teacher, or educator? Do you feel frustrated and weary with the sense of isolation, not getting cooperation of other teachers, stuff, administration, and sometimes even parents - let alone, students? Wouldn’t it be exciting to communicate with teachers from around the world, learning about their struggles and triumphs in teaching the world’s future?

Many are using their free Edublogs to communicate with their students and the families, giving assignments, reminders, to do lists, and more. Some offer extra credit work via their blogs, and tutorials to help their students beyond the classroom. E-learning and online education become more important as teachers reach beyond the school building to help students learn and grow.

Edublogs.org offers that community. It’s a chance, for no money or requirements, for you to express yourself, share your knowledge, experiences, and wisdom with others, to ask questions, and learn about how the international educational community.

Here are a few blogs I found while randomly hunting through Edublogs.

OTN @ CIT is “Sharing ideas about online teaching and learning at the Canberra Institute of Technology”. Recent posts include:

Haugen’s Tech Tips Blog offers a variety of educational tips and online references and resources to help teachers and students alike. Examples include:

Streaming Thoughts from Brian C. Smith, an “Instructional Technology Specialist”, has been writing on Edublogs for a while and covers a wide variety of educational topics on being an educator:

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Dicas de Ciências - Professor is by Andréa Barreto M. da Poça, professor of sciences in Rio De Janeiro, and blogs about science and technology, and a few other things thrown in. Recent blog posts in Portuguese include:

Hörbuch- und Podcast-Blog is a “hearing book and Podcast blog” in German, introducing readers to web resources for audio books and podcasts that deal with educational material and otherwise. Recent posts in German include:

The Digital Classroom is a great resource with information on training programs for teachers, online education, and the rise in digital learning, often called “e-learning”. Recent posts include:

As you can tell, Edublogs covers a wide spectrum of bloggers and topics, all dealing with educational issues.

Congrats to Edublogs, James Farmer, and the wonderful staff, volunteers, and bloggers at Edublogs and the other student blog networks.

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2 Comments For This Post

Kirsten Haugen Says:
December 2nd, 2007 at 10:07 pm
Thanks for mentioning my blog. I still feel fairly new to this, but enjoy the opportunity to connect with so many other interested educators around the world. Edublogs is truly an amazing service, and blogs by and for teachers have tremendous potential to broaden our educational experience of teachers and students alike.
OPEN GIGA Says:
December 3rd, 2007 at 10:12 pm
Kirsten Haugen,
most welcome and thanks for your comments

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