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**The Innovative Educator**
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** Description **  : There are hundreds of articles and news stories related to technology in the field of Education. Specifically geared to helping teachers realize opportunities for technology in class.


 * Facilitator ** : This blog is maintained by Lisa Nielsen the Professional Development Manager for the Office of Instructional Technology at the New York City Department of Education.

**Types of Resources** : News articles for integrating technology into the classroom with particular focus on student support teams, online safety and laptops in the classroom. Excellent topic range on issues that effect day-to-day teaching.

**Evaluation of Utility** : Currently this blog has over 550 followers and was nominated for "Best Individual Blog of 2009". New posts are updated daily, well written and ranked on popularity. Guests can register to this site, create and respond to blogs. RSS feed is available on all new articles. Responses to this blog are monitored and commented on by the author. This site provides many thought provoking articles on how to integrate technology into the classroom and links to other great educational sources. **Rating** :

**Learning With the Read/Write Web ** []  **Description**: Learning with the Read/Write Web offers educators news stories and articles containing suggestions how to integrate new technology into classroom lessons.

**Facilitator**: This blog is maintained by Will Richardson, author and operator of Connective Learning where he conducts workshops, presentations and consultations on how to use technology in the classroom.

**Types of Resources**: This site provides seven years of archives in the form of news and magazine articles discussing the use of blogs, wikis, webcasts and audiocasts throughout grades K-12. Excellent source on any topic relating to technology uses in daily lesson.

**Evaluation of Utility**: Excellent site, very easy to follow and find articles using seven years of archives. Guests are able to register, create new posts and respond to current blogs. This blog is updated often and is very easy to follow. **Rating**:

** History is Elementary ** []  **Description**: Listed as “a site for history teachers and anyone who enjoys reading about history and history education”, this provides a variety of teachable material for Social Studies.

**Facilitator**: This blog is maintained by a history teacher in Georgia that goes by the moniker “Elementaryhistoryteacher”.

**Types of Resources**: Stories, news articles, pictures and poems, all explained with possible classroom uses. Established for elementary students, but still provides excellent information for higher level students.

**Evaluation of Utility**: The material is updated regularly, with excellent information, pictures and poems for use in Social Studies. This site is broken down by topic, fully searchable and provides a RSS feed. Guests can comment, create their own posts and become members of the site.
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 * Created by Randy Van 1/21/2010 **