Blogs of Interest

Keep up with others who are promoting, mentoring and encouraging videoconferencing as an educational tool to motivate and enhance student learning. Follow the links to the following blogs; each offers a unique perspective.

BlankenBlogger
Ruth Blankenbaker is the executive director of the Center for Interactive Learning and Collaboration.Her blog will focus on musing about videoconferencing and collaborative technologies within the CILC Community. Ruth’s knowledge and involvement in various technology focused organizations come together to bring a very unique view of the videoconferencing world.

Videoconferencing Tips and Techniques: Great ideas for better videoconferences from Carol Daunt
Carol is the founder and CEO of LearnTEl in Australia who was heavily involved in the foundation of videoconferencing in Australia. Her blog shares many applications and effective uses of eCollaboration. Here you will find links to many resources which support the tips and techniques she shares. Her blog is a great resource and one you should add to your list.

The Wired Classroom
Rebecca Morrison is the Videoconference Coordinator for Cooperating School Districts in St. Louis, Missouri. Her blog reflects the activites of Cooperating School District’s Virtual Learning Center. Not only will you learn about their exciting projects, but you will soon discovered that Rebecca is involved in projects from around the nation. She is truly a leader of technology integration.

VC Rox: K-12 Videoconferencing in TX with Roxanne Glaser
Visiting Roxanne’s blog will keep you abreast of projects in Texas. You also won’t want to miss her list of links to other blogs as well as to interesting articles and resources.

Learning is Messy
Brian Crosby is a fourth grade teacher at Agnes Risley School in Sparks, Nevada. His blog has posts from all over the nation. The concept is that teachers are trying new things. Sometimes they work, and sometimes not. Within the blogging you’ll find links to new tools, teachers looking to share what they’re doing, and possibly opportunities for your classroom to join in.

MuseumBlogs.org
MuseumBlogs.org is a directory of museum and museum-related blogs as well as a space for re-postings. The purpose of the site is to raise awareness and increase the authority of blogs focusing on museum issues. Authority is used by search engines to filter results. The more links, the more authority and more visible a blog will become.

Musematic
Rants and raves on the latest trends in the world of museum informatics and technology. An intrepid cast of experts from the Museum Computer Network and AAM’s Media & Technology Committee share their insights, observations and tricks of the trade.

Weblogg-ed
Will Richardson is dedicated to discussing and reflecting on the use of Weblogs, wikis, RSS, audiocasts and other Read/Write Web related technologies in the K-12 realm. Will is �Learner in Chief� at Connective Learning and has authored a book related to the use of these technologies in the classroom. Add this one to your RSS feeds.

Out on a Lim
Janine Lim shares "experiences, curriculum thoughts, new resources, and technology rants related to educational videoconferences." This blog is well researched, well linked, and includes Janine’s personal insights. It is easy to tell that she has a heart to inspire teachers and quality teaching.

Avon, Ohio’s Interactive Video Distance Learning Blog
Paul Hieronymus’ blog is "an electronic diary of Avon Local Schools’ Distance Learning Project." Need motivation and ideas for projects? Don’t miss this blog!