My first few tries at finding a good science education blog
didn’t go so well. I was using Google which was shockingly unhelpful. However,
I finally tried to search for sites that had education blog links. I found a site
that lists the top 100 high school teachers who blog http://www.onlinecolleges.net/2010/05/16/top-100-high-school-teachers-who-blog/.
On this site they
categorize the blogs by subject. Since I am interested in science I looked
through the 10 science blogs listed. I enjoyed all of them but these two I enjoyed the most.
Reflections of a
Science Teacher (http://sanmccarron.blogspot.com/)
This blog caught my attention because it gives a few specific
examples on how this teacher connects chemistry to real life using some fun experiments
(soap and marshmallow making). However, what got me to stay was a particular
post about technology and Bloom’s Taxonomy. In this post the author discusses
using apps and other digital tools that are associated with the different
levels in Bloom’s Taxonomy including Twitter, Blogging, Glogster, and Schoolloop.
I have never heard of Glogster before but it sounds like a good substitute for
poster projects. I am going to have to check this site out for possible use in
lesson plans.
Mr. Cantor’s Biology Blog (http://cantorsbiologyblog.blogspot.com/)
This is a blog for Mr. Cantor’s students. I
personally like this blog because I like to follow along with his class and he
gives a lot of helpful links for his students. I also think it is an excellent
idea to give students different ways to look at the material discussed in
class since people learn in different ways. By giving the students links to other sites, he is giving the students
valuable resources that they would not be able to get in class.
I agree that the blog search for blog spot didn't work as well as the general search did. I also found that like anything else you search on the internet it takes some time to find information that is valuable to you. It is amazing to me that i have not further thought of utilizing blogs for information and insight, i'm just behind the times playing catch up. I don't really know how much i will personally post on blogs after this class is over, but i definitely will use the tool to find information that could be helpful in the classroom.
ReplyDeleteI had trouble looking up blogs on blogger, too. Oh well! haha
ReplyDeleteI also like the blogs where teachers are in touch with their students. What a great way to be able to help kids with their homework in the evenings without even being there. When students can just look online to reread about an assignment, it might help them complete their assignment and do it well. It also connects student to each other for help in the class. Another great advantage to class blogs is the connection with the parents.