Edublogs has come out with an online magazine. One of the articles reports on Aseem Badshah's attempt to list the 'top edubloggers' (as measured by Technorati ranking). Although I'm delighted to be included, the blogs listed in the article are pretty heavily skewed toward educational technology bloggers. As both Aseem's list and my own work on this topic show, there are lots of non-ed tech blogs out there that have pretty wide audiences. As long as we only promote ed tech blogs, we are missing opportunities to engage and interest educators who have interests in areas other than digital technologies.
January 30, 2008
Scott - thank you for posting this. As a new blogger and a high school administrator, I find it very difficult to undersatdn that the most popular education blogs are technology related. There are many other blogs I have discovered that are not etch-heavy and adrdess core issues like Special Education, curriculum, education leadership issues, educational pathways, and much more. I am steering away from the ed-tech blogs and looking for something more deeply rooted in the education philosophies, pedagogical theories, and curriculum design.
I've also noticed that many blogs related to education technology are redundant and lack discussions that are challenging an engaging beyond the third or fourth commentor.
Posted by: Mike Parent | January 30, 2008 at 02:40 PM