Blogs

**Blogs** **There are a numerous educators worldwide writing about their experiences with new technologies. Some are theorists, some are practitioners, and some are a combination of both. If you are new to Web 2.0, a good place to begin your understanding is with blogs written by those involved in education. Reading what people are doing at the grassroots level can be inspiring and can help encourage you to dip your feet into the waters of new ways of learning. Some of you** **may even start contributing to the conversations by leaving comments on people's blogs. This is a great way of establishing connections and helping to cultivate your digital identity.**

 **Blogs to read - here are some suggestions:**

**Primary school teachers** Nina Davis - Primary school teacher (early years) from Melbourne http://ninadavis.wordpress.com Henrietta Miller - Grade 5 teacher from Sydney [] Graham Wegner -South Australian Primary School teacher @http://gwegner.edublogs.org/ Jenny Ashby - Primary teacher (early years) from Melbourne. Working with iPod touches in her classrooom @http://web.me.com/jenashby/iPodTouch_Project/Blog/Blog.html Bill Ferriter - Elementary teacher in North Carolina @http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/ Tom Barrett - Primary School teacher from England. Now a Deputy Head Teacher. @http://edte.ch/blog/ Jabiz Raisdana -Teacher at an international school in Jakarta @http://intrepidteacher.edublogs.org/ Clarence Fisher - Teacher from remote Canadian province @http://www.evenfromhere.org/ Brian Crosby - Elementary teacher from Nevada, USA @http://learningismessy.com/blog/

**High School teachers** Warrick Wynne - Secondary teacher from Melbourne. Likes Bikes too! @http://learningau.wordpress.com/ Anne Mirtschin - Teaches in a K-12 school in Western Victoria @http://murcha.wordpress.com/ Richard Byrne - Educator from Maine, United States @http://www.freetech4teachers.com/ Dan Meyer - Former High School Math teacher from the United States now studying for Doctoral degree at Stanford U. @http://blog.mrmeyer.com/ Darren Kuropatwa -Secondary Maths teacher from Canada. @http://adifference.blogspot.com/ Sean Nash - Science teacher and Ed Tech integrator from the United States @http://nashworld.edublogs.org/ Karl Fisch - Teacher/Ed tech integrator Arapahoe High School, Colorado @http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com/ Chris Betcher - Ed Tech integrator from Sydney @http://betch.edublogs.org/

**Teacher-Librarians** My blog: Lucacept: intercepting the Web [|http://jennylu.wordpress.com] Tania Sheko - Teacher Librarian (Secondary) writing about new tools and her experiences applying new ideas at her school. @http://tsheko.wordpress.com/ Stacey Taylor - Teacher-Librarian from Sydney @http://librariansarego.blogspot.com.au/ Judith Way - Teacher-Librarian from Melbourne @http://jway.global2.vic.edu.au/ Carmel Galvin - Teacher-Librarian from Sydney @http://librarycurrants.blogspot.com/ Doug Johnson - Teacher-librarian from the United States @http://doug-johnson.squarespace.com/ Judy O'Connell- Teacher-Librarian from NSW. Now lecturing at Charles Sturt University @http://heyjude.wordpress.com/ Joyce Valenza - Teacher-Librarian from the United States http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/blog/1340000334.html#1860012586 Gwyneth Jones - Teacher-Librarian from the United States @http://www.thedaringlibrarian.com/ Buffy Hamilton - Teacher-Librarian from the United States @http://theunquietlibrary.wordpress.com/

**Art Teachers** Livebinder of favourite Art Lesson blogs Dave Gran - Art teacher from Shanghai American School @http://carrotrevolution.blogspot.com/ Nancy L.Ruder - Art teacher from the United States http://www.collagemama.com Jess Melkman - Art teacher from NSW @http://copyandpaint.wordpress.com/ Art Threat-culture and politics Jeanette Jennings - Art teacher from Melbourne @http://jeanettejenningsart.com/_blog/Jeanette_Jennings_Art_Blog Errin Gregory - Canadian Art teacher- now working as a Connected classrooms teacher @http://justathought.edublogs.org/ Ms. Tolson - Art teacher from the United States @http://blogs.glnd.k12.va.us/teachers/atolson/ Frank Curkovic - Art teacher from Yokahama International School Japan @http://frankcurkovic.edublogs.org/

**PE Teachers** Jarrod Robinson - Secondary PE teacher from Victoria @http://thepegeek.com/


 * Lote Teachers **

Elaine Talbert - Principal from NSW @http://talbertstechtalk.blogspot.com/ Darcy Moore - Deputy Principal (Primary School) in NSW @http://darcymoore.net/ Chris Lehmann - Principal of the Science Leadership Academy in Philadelphia @http://practicaltheory.org/serendipity/
 * Principals/Deputy Principals **

Jeff Utecht - High School Ed Tech inegrator at International School Bangkok @http://www.thethinkingstick.com/ Kim Cofino - Technology and Learning Coach at Yokohama International School in Japan @http://mscofino.edublogs.org/ Julie Lindsay - Ed Tech integrator at an international school in Beijing @http://123elearning.blogspot.com/ Chris Betcher - Ed Tech integrator from Sydney @http://betch.edublogs.org/ Silvia Tolisano - Ed Tech integrator from the United States @http://langwitches.org/blog/
 * Ed Tech Integrators **

Angela Stockman - Literacy coach from West New York. @http://www.angelastockman.com/blog/ Sue Waters- Educator from Perth. Employed by Edublogs to help bloggers (and she does!) @http://theedublogger.com/ Sheryl Nussbaum Beach - Speaker on all things Web 2.0 and learning communities. Co-founder of PLP @http://www.21stcenturycollaborative.com/blog.html Danah Boyd - Researcher at Microsoft New England @http://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/ Tomas Lasic - Teacher (Secondary) from Perth. Now working for Moodle. @http://human.edublogs.org/ Jo McLeay -Project Officer for VITTA h Dean Groom -Head of Ed Tech at Macquarie University @http://deangroom.wordpress.com/ John Connell - Cisco Educational strategist @http://www.johnconnell.co.uk/blog/ Alec Couras - Instructor at University of Regina, Canada @http://educationaltechnology.ca/couros/ Will Richardson - Speaker on all things Web 2.0. Co-founder of PLP @http://weblogg-ed.com/
 * Other blogs worth reading **