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Blogs in Kentucky Education

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Following are a series of blogs from Kentucky educators. They may be individual blogs or classroom project blogs. If you have a blog or know of a blog that should be included in this list, please email a link to the blog to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Jody Rose is KE/CRM for Region 1
Topics for K-12 CIOs

John David Son is CIO for Marshall County Schools
CIO Corner

Missi Baker is the KET Education Consultant for the Northeast Region
KET Education Consultant News: From Hollows to Highways

Carroll County Public Schools
Blogs and Wikis

Amy Berry of Meade Co. uses these sites for teacher PD
LWP Technology Professional Development
edtp504

John McMillen is CIO for Graves County Schools
Techucation

David Guffy is Network Administrator for Russelville Independent Schools
Russellville Technology Blog

STLP Students at Flaherty Elementary School, Meade County Schools
Everyday Heroes - Flight 93

Telecollaborative project between students at West Point Independent School and Colegio Teresiano in Rio de Janeiro
Travel Buddies - 1st Grade
Travel Buddies - 2nd Grade

Murray High School
French Class Blogs

 

Last Updated on Thursday, 14 May 2009 08:48
 

Education Technology Blogs

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Blogs on technology, Web 2.0, and Open Source in education. If you come across a good blog on these topics, please email a link to the blog to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

2¢ Worth

iLearn Technology

K12 Open Tech Blogs

EduTechie

The Fischbowl

Cool Cat Teacher

Instructify

Beth's Thoughts on Technology in the Classroom

Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day

academhack (mostly higher ed)

Borderland

TeachPaperless

Steve Hargadon

Web 2.0 in the Classroom

Weblogg-ed

Cloudy Tag Thoughts

Making Teachers Nerdy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated on Thursday, 07 May 2009 09:04
 

Web Links

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Below are links to sites that will be useful to educators interested in using Web 2.0 and Open Source technologies to improve instruction. If you are aware of a site that would be a useful addition to this list, please email a link to the site to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Classroom 2.0
A social network for those interested in Web 2.0 technologies in education.

K-12 Open Source Community
A social network for those interested in open source software in education.

Free Technology For Teachers
A review of free technology resources and how teachers can use them.

Joomla
One of the two leading open source Content Management Systems.

Drupal
One of the two leading open source Content Management Systems.

Moodle
The leading open source Learning Management System.

WordPress
Online, web based blogging platform.

WordPress Software
Downloadable, locally hosted WordPress blogging platform.

Blogger
Online, web based blogging platform.

EduBlogs
Online, web based blogging site with an emphasis on education.

Google Reader
Online, web based RSS reader/aggregator

Bloglines
Online, web bassed RSS reader/aggregator

Technorati
Search engine specializing in searching the blogosphere

Twitter
Microblogging site

Source Forge
The leading site for free and open source software.

School Forge
Free and open source software for educational applications.

Apache
The most widely used web server software in the world.

MySQL
Open source database management software.

PHP
The scripting language that many open source web applications uses.

XAMPP
Apache, MySQL, PHP (AMP) distribution package for Windows.

WAMP
Apache, MySQL, PHP (AMP) distribution package for Windows.

Mahara
Open source, eportfolio platform.

Elgg
Open source, social networking platform.

PBWorks (PBWiki)
Online, web based wiki site

MediaWiki
Downloadable, locally hosted wiki software (used for Wikipedia)

Delicious
Leading social bookmarking site

Digg
Social bookmarking/social news site

 

 

 

Last Updated on Thursday, 07 May 2009 08:41
 

Books

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Even in the age of new media, books are still valuable tools for learning and entertainment. Here are several books that deal with Web 2.0 technologies and education. Titles are linked to the book on Amazon. If you come across other books that you think should appear here, please email them to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts, and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms
Will Richardson

Classroom Blogging: 2nd Edition
David Warlick

Web 2.0: New Tools, New Schools
Gwen Solomon & Lynne Schrum

RSS for Educators: Blogs, Newsfeeds, Podcasts, and Wikis in the Classroom
John G. Hendron

Educator's Podcast Guide
Bard Williams

Weaving Web 2.0 Tools into the Classroom
Patsy Lanclos

Digital Storytelling in the Classroom: New Media Pathways to Literacy, Learning, and Creativity
Jason B. Ohler

Redefining Literacy for the 21st Century
David Warlick

Raw Materials for the Mind: A Teacher's Guide to Digital Literacy
David Warlick

Digital Citizenship in Schools
Mike Ribble & Gerald Bailey

 

Last Updated on Wednesday, 06 May 2009 13:35