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=**Informal Commentary on ICT in Education**= toc //e-learning trends and commentary.Key bloggers and tweeters.//

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**General ICT in Education matters**
//Portals// 2013: @http://www.edtechmagazine.com/k12/article/2013/06/2013-honor-roll-edtechs-must-read-k-12-it-blogs 2006: @http://oedb.org/library/features/top-100-education-blogs
 * Top Education Technology Bloggers:** 2012: @http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com.au/2012/03/top-10-technology-blogs-for-education.html
 * Edublogs Award winners** (annual): @http://edublogawards.com/
 * Educational Technology bloggers**[[image:hot.gif]]: @http://www.schrockguide.net/edtech-blogs.html

//More contemplative//
 * S. Heppell's** blog (UK). @http://www.heppell.net/
 * S. Downes** Blog (US) @http://www.downes.ca/ Twitter: @oldaily
 * M. Weller** (UK). @http://nogoodreason.typepad.co.uk/
 * G. Conole**. (UK). Focus on learning design. http://e4innovation.com/ Twitter: @gconole
 * Shift Happens**.http://shifthappens.wikispaces.com/
 * S. Wheeler.** @http://steve-wheeler.blogspot.com.au/

//More pragmatic// http://elearningtwits.wikispaces.com/
 * D. Warlick. 2c worth. ** @http://davidwarlick.com/2cents/ (Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/dwarlick )
 * S. Hargadon Blog**. [|http://www.stevehargadon.com/]
 * Kaironews**. A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy @http://kairosnews.org/
 * EdReach daily.** The Education Media Network @http://edreach.us/
 * G. Stager (US)** or @http://stager.tv/blog/ or @http://stager.org/criticalfriend/issue1.html Twitter: @garystager
 * e-Learning Watch (**R Elliott. Director, Learning Technologies. Unitec NZ) @http://elearnwatch.falkor.gen.nz/
 * Cogdogblo**g. Blog of Maricopa Instructional Technologist Alan Levine @http://cogdogblog.com/
 * E-learning Queen.** Blog (e-learning matters - mainly tertiary contexts). @http://elearnqueen.blogspot.com/ Twitter: @eportfolios
 * Helen Barrett.** Electronic Portfolios and Digital Storytelling to support lifelong. @http://electronicportfolios.org/ Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/eportfolios
 * The Innovative Educator**. http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com.au/
 * EdTechPost.** @http://www.edtechpost.ca/wordpress/
 * eLearning Twits:** an evolving directory of Australian and New Zealand Twitter contributors who have an interest in education, specifically elearning.
 * Emerging Educational Technologies.** @http://www.emergingedtech.com/
 * Edtech Teacher.org** @http://edtechteacher.org/blog/
 * Teachthought** (Blog from group of US teachers): @http://www.teachthought.com

**K-12 ICT in Education matters**

 * K. Schrock[[image:hot.gif]] (US)** @http://blog.kathyschrock.net/ **Twitter**: [|@kathyschrock]
 * Moving at the Speed of Creativity.(W. Fryer. K-12 e-Learning matters)** @http://www.speedofcreativity.org (Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/wfryer )
 * Inspiring Women Edubloggers: ** @http://www.slideshare.net/zaid/27-inspiring-women-edubloggers-presentation
 * Terry Freedman (UK)**. The Educational Technology site. @http://www.ictineducation.org/
 * Will Richardson (U**S). Web 2 focus. @http://willrichardson.com/ or archives here: @http://weblogg-ed.com/ (Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/willrich45 )
 * Nic Peachy** (UK English Teacher). Designed to aid English language teachers in their use of learning technology and web based materials. @http://nikpeachey.blogspot.com/ (Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/NikPeachey )
 * Dean Shareski**(Canadian e-learning specialist) blog: @http://ideasandthoughts.org/ Twitter: @shareski
 * Sue Waters** (Aust.) @http://theedublogger.com/ Twitter: [|@suewaters]
 * S. Harris **// Imagine Learning //** . ** @http://imaginelearning.tumblr.com/

**Sample Teachers (Prim)**
**M. Needleman** (K-6 Teacher US) @http://creatinglifelonglearners.com/
 * Kathy Shields** (K Teacher Canada). also see her K class's 'smallvoices' podcast below). @http://ripplingpond.wordpress.com/
 * Allanah King** (Inspiring NZ K-6 teacher) @http://allanahk.edublogs.org/
 * Kath Cassidy**(Inspiring Canadian K-6 teacher). @http://kathycassidy.com/ [[image:hot.gif]](Her class blog: @http://mscassidysclass.edublogs.org/
 * Rachel Boyd's Blog**. Innovative NZ K-6 Teacher. @http://rachelboyd.blogspot.com/ Twitter: @rachelboyd
 * T. Barret** (UK teacher) @http://edte.ch/blog/ (Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/tombarrett
 * J. Wood (UK). **[]

**Sample Teachers (Sec)**
**Gail Desler** (7-12) @http://blogwalker.edublogs.org/ **Silvia Tolisano.** Language teacher. @http://www.langwitches.org/blog (Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/langwitches )
 * Vicki Davis (US**) @http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com.au/ (Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/coolcatteacher)
 * Wesley Field.** Innovative Sydney educator. http://twitter.com/#!/westleyf
 * The Fischbowl**. @http://thefischbowl.blogspot.com.au/
 * C. Betcher** (Oz teacher). @http://chrisbetcher.com/ Twitter: @betchaboy
 * Speaking of History**. Speaking of History is a podcast and blog maintained by an 8th grade American History teacher in Missouri who attempts to use technology to enhance the curriculum. @http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
 * The Open Classroom** (Oz English teacher). @http://theopenclassroom.blogspot.com/
 * L. Davis (US).** @http://edtechpower.blogspot.com.au/

**Sample Teacher Educators**

 * P. Mishra**. @http://punya.educ.msu.edu/blog/
 * M. Koehler.** @http://mkoehler.educ.msu.edu/
 * Dr.Alb.** (Prof. Peter Albion USQ) @http://www.pama.net.au/dralb/ Twitter: @palbion
 * J. O'Connell** (CSU, NSW) @http://heyjude.wordpress.com/ Twitter: @heyjudeonline
 * J. Zagami**(Griffith, Qld.) @https://sites.google.com/a/zagami.info/www/ Twitter: @jzagami
 * M. Kearney** (UTS, NSW) @http://learningconversations.edublogs.org/ Twitter: @mkearneypost

Pioneers

 * S. Papert** (pioneer). @http://www.papert.org/
 * Mitch Resnik** (US). http://web.media.mit.edu/~mres/
 * E. Wenger** @http://www.ewenger.com/
 * J. Seely Brown** @http://www.johnseelybrown.com/index.html
 * D. Jonassen** @http://web.missouri.edu/jonassend/
 * G. Siemens.** @http://www.elearnspace.org/blog/ and http://twitter.com/#!/gsiemens

Sample Twitter Feeds
#slide2learn #edtech #edchat #mlearning

**Sample Podcast / Radio Commentary**

 * EdTechTalk.** @http://edtechtalk.com/
 * The Edreach Podcasts.[[image:hot.gif]]** @http://edreach.us/the-ed-reach-podcast/
 * Virtual staffroom.** @http://virtualstaffroom.net/ Conversations with leading teachers about technology in the classroom.
 * Teachers Teaching Teachers**. Weekly webcast on the EdTechTalk channel @http://teachersteachingteachers.org/
 * Teacher 2.0** @http://dailysplice.com/directory/Teacher-2.0-episodes

**Sample TV / Video-based Commentary**
**TeacherNet**. Video Channel. The TeacherNet video service provides a host of topical educational videos through a video player, including a range of hotseats (Q&A's) with Ministers and experts. @http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/*/http://www.teachernet.gov.uk/ **Infinite Thinking**. @http://www.infinitethinking.org/index.html The Infinite Thinking Machine (ITM) is a high-energy Internet TV show that inspires creativity and innovation in education **eschoolnews.tv** ([] **Teachers.TV** @http://www.education.gov.uk/schools/toolsandinitiatives/teacherstv/ **Edutopia videos** ([] ) Edutopia (launces iTunesU. Otherwise see their [|website.]) 50 Fascinating **Lectures on the Future of Education** (see Technology section). @http://www.onlineschools.org/2009/10/25/50-fascinating-lectures-on-the-future-of-education/
 * Hepell.TV**. (UK) @http://heppelltv.blogspot.com.au/
 * TEDEd Talks:[[image:introtoictineducation/hot.gif]]** @http://ed.ted.com/
 * Educause Learning Initiative**. http://www.educause.edu/ELI/Resources?tab=3#tab_links

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