Just from simply skimming the title of the blogs, this seem like a great resource for teachers to use for ideas on how to incorporate technology into their classroom, most of which are in a cost effective manner. The first blog that caught my eye was "20 Things Students Want the Nation to Know about Education." A panelists of about 8 former and current students were on NBC sharing what they believe people need to know about education from their perspective. They brought up points like skills that aren't being addressed that are needed in college, like critical thinking; teachers need to do more than us teach by the book; and incorporating technology can make learning more interesting and more meaningful to them. I found this particular blog to be very insightful as a future teacher.
The next blog that caught my eye was "Make and Publish Books for Free Using a Cell Phone and Flickr." This is a great idea to help students publish their own works. The only downfall would be that you need a phone capable of taking pictures and sending/emailing them. This probably wouldn't be a problem at the high school level but will most definitely be problematic at the elementary level (or at least I hope it would be). However you can still get around that by using the teacher's phone and sending them to Flickr that way. I do love this idea, because students love when their works can be published and anytime you can do that for free is a great opportunity.
This would be a blog I actually wouldn't mind following. It seems that it gets new posts fairly regularly, so the information would be pretty recent. It has some great ideas on different things you can do with technology in the classroom.
Nicely written up!
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