Edublog Nominations
What is the Edublog awards: "The 'Edublog awards' is a community-based initiative started in 2004 in response to community concerns relating to how schools, districts and educational institutions were blocking access of learner and teacher blog sites for educational purposes. The purpose of the Edublog awards is to promote and demonstrate the educational values of these social media."-Steve Hargadon
For the most influential Teacher Blog, I wish to nominate The Future of Education discussion series.
- A long time follower of Steve Hargadon's work, especially his interviews via podcast, I have found him to be an ethical, intelligent, knowledgeable contributor to the ongoing dialogues around educational issues at all levels. His desire to move past surface discussions and challenge himself as well as his listeners is admirable. Moreover, he frequently succeeds in bringing issues to a higher level through his tenacious drive to uncover the deeper stories and/or possibilities.
- Audrey Watters' ability to follow the educational narrative week-to-week and report on areas she believes to be of unusual interest to educators at all levels succeeds in keeping me at least on the bank of the tech/ed current flow.
- Audrey Watters and Steve Hargadon combine differing, but equally insightful, views of the issues on both the front-and-back burners of educational debates. Both are equally committed to open source movements and offer an ongoing counter-balance to the increasing influence of business on curricular design and innovation.
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