Educational Blogs

Educational Blogs

Cathy Jo Nelson's Professional Thoughts

I love this site by a library media specialist who's site helps educators connect reading, libraries, and technology to learning in a way that engages students.

Using Blogs in Science Education 

This is a fun blog for science teachers who want to incorporate blogging in to their lesson plans.  This blogger, Stacy Baker, created a very successful blog with her students and this blog shares how others can do it as well.

It's Okay to be Smart

This blog all about presenting scientific ideas in a fun and interesting way.  One of the unique aspects is that it also has a vlog on Youtube. 

Term Definitions

• 2 Cents Worth - Cents Worth - Two cents worth, an opinion, usually unsolicited and unwelcome.  ie.."Who asked you to add your two cents worth?"
•  Blogging - Blogging consists of adding new material to a blog.
• Blogger - A blogger is someone who maintains a blog site.
• Feed Reader - The role of the feed reader is to gather and display web feeds (data format used for serving users frequently updated information) from various websites in one place."