Posts Tagged ‘blogs’

How to Evaluate a Blog

Monday, September 6th, 2010 by monika

According to Blog Pulse there are 145,293,233 blogs on the Internet – with close to 40,000 being added every day…. that’s a lot of blogs!!! – So how do you evaluate a blog? Terry Freedman at The Educational Technology Site has put together this handy list of 10 things to consider when deciding whether or not a blog is worth reading- 10 Ways to Evaluate a Blog - is a very useful list for personal use and as the basis for introducing students to blogs and blogging.

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It's nice to be noticed….

Tuesday, May 4th, 2010 by maria

Our blog has made it on to the   50 Best Blogs for Literacy Teachers list – and yes, it is nice to be noticed and great to  think that  more people will learn about the blog… I think that’s the  great thing about lists like this – there are always hidden treasures – here are a couple of great finds…

The Literacy Tribune - from United Literacy Inc.  a U.S. non-profit dedicated to providing information and resources to adult literacy learners and   Literacy is Priceless a  blog by self-described literacy and technology enthusiast Anna Batchelder,   in which she shares information, ideas, downloads and much more…

Scrolling through the list  I notice that 2 great literacy blogs from Canada are included….  Literacies Cafe and  qualities-communities- literacies -  for a wise and witty take on lists and “literacy” blogs check out the latest post in qualities-communities – literacies……

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