EduBlogging-blogging part two

This week has been quite interesting. Once again I am learning more and more, and I am really enjoying it. David introduced the class to Sharp Reader, a RSS/Agregator. I was struggling with keeping track of my classmates’ blogs, but this software allows me to read them easily. The blogs I have followed this week for my assignment will definitely be ones to follow. Here are the topics I find interesting and that came up in the blogs I browsed.

Topics of interests:
• Learning Management Systems-this area seems to have some controversial aspects and I want to hear the whole story before I have a good idea of what is good for education and what is not.
• Distance Education and E-learning-I am fascinated with distance education and e-learning. There is so much within this area that I just can’t seem to get enough, and I’m always finding new resources, like the link from Dorothy Little’s blog to E-learning guru, a great blog full of resources.
• Educational websites and resources-This almost falls under the previous topic, but I found that some educational websites are good and some are not.

Here are the five blogs I followed this week:
1. EdTechPost:It interests me because my masters degree will be in Educational Technology, so I am always on the lookout for information from people who work in this area and have an interest in it too.
2. Educational Technology:I found this one from this blog:Abject Learning. I love that a blog that may not actually have a posting that interests me can have a link to a post that does interest me.
3. EduResources Weblog-Higher Education Resources Online:This website has some great references for higher education and elearning.
4. Stephen’s Web:
I am now quite fascinated by Stephen after hearing him speak at the IT Institute. The things he had to say have made me interested in what he shares all the time.
5. EduBlog Quest:I was so excited to find an educational blog where the K-12 realm was talked about. Although I have an interest there, I don't find much information or even work a lot right now with K-12 resources. So it was fun to find this.

So, educational blogging introduced me to a new world of education. I think the blog that helped me see how effective and fun technology can be for education was the fifth one I followed (which by the way wasn't really much for recent entries). It helped me see that using technology really can be as much fun as I believe it is. Stephen's blog/site, helped me to see the potential blogging and other technology can have on education. It took me a while to get away from it. I think that using new forms of fun and easy technology makes educational use of it so interesting and possible. Although many of the younger generations of students are comfortable with technology, I have learned many times the KISS idea: Keep It Simple Stupid. Less is more seems to be a good concept for learning and education, especially when technology is involved.

I spent 1.5 hours browsing the list of edubloggers and 4 hours tracking my list of blogs.

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