Gianfranco D'Aversa

Gianfranco D'Aversa, Italy, Adult, Technology Integration in Education

Gianfranco D'Aversa is an ICT Teacher, Apple Distinguished Educator and a Google Certified Teacher. He is also a working designer and editor with expertise in Adobe Flash, Dreamweaver and Photoshop. His passion for teaching also can be seen in the wide range of students that he tutors one-on-one on a regular basis.

He leads workshops on web design, digital graphic, interactive and cooperative learning to teachers and media professionals. He enjoys helping others learn and is always trying to expand his knowledge. As the founder & creative director at Digital Media Center, Gianfranco is responsible for creating the strategies, project plans, wireframes and design proofs for all our client websites.

He's obsessed with details and even more obsessed with making sure every website is pixel perfect. His design style can be described as clean, minimalistic and user-friendly. Mastering Illustrator, Photoshop, Flash along with XHTML, CSS and JavaScript.

Better teaching, more learning - currently offline
"Better teaching, more learning" is a site that does away with the hours of searching the net for the right instructional technology resources for you. "Better teaching, more learning" is the one stop location for everything related to educational technology.

It is the site to go to network with educators and professionals around the world in order to share best practices when it comes to teaching with technology.

Theme: technology, education, 2.0 classroom

CITES Academic Technology Services

CITES Academic Technology Services, USA, Higher Educational Technology

CITES Academic Technology Services assists the University of Illinois community with information and workshops on educational technologies.

CITES Academic Technology Services
The CITES Academic Technology Services Blog shares information and resources for teaching with technology.

Theme: elearning, edtech, technology, teaching, social-media, digital-media, pedagogy, resources, classroom

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Michelle Cairns

Michelle Cairns, England, UK, Secondary, MFL

MFL teacher from the NW of England, interested in ICT developments in MFL, blogging, travel and personal development.

Resources for the MFL Classroom
I share and review the latest resources and tools that can be used in the MFL classroom. Some are specific to MFL others consist of more general educational ideas that can be transferable in almost any classroom.

Theme: MFL, resources, creativity, classroom, education, foreign languages, free, ICT, french, spanish, technology

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Neil Finney

Neil Finney, Canada, Elementary, Secondary

I am currently an Intermediate Developmental Skills Teacher at Orchard Public School in Orillia, Ontario. During my 9 years of teaching, I have taught in London, England; Ontario; public and private schools; elementary and secondary; junior; intermediate; core french; and now, developmental skills.

I am a Reading Specialist that has been incorporating technology in my practice consistently throughout my career. I have been writing since I was twelve and hope to fulfill my dream of writing things that matter to people. I have recently started blogging about my experiences as a teacher and hope to gain more experience as a writer through suite101.com. Whether poetry or prose, I hope my writing can engage and inspire you.

Ignite. Incite. Inspire.
A blog about teaching from within. I share insights and stories about my experiences in the teaching profession and critique aspects of the education system in general. I aim to build confidence for teachers and raise student engagement.

Theme: teaching, learning, students, engagement, resources, ideas, classroom, technology, philosophy, potential, tips, ideas

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Mark Fox

Mark Fox, Australia, Primary, All Subjects

Mark is an Australian teacher who has a passion for helping other teachers to integrate technology into their classroom.

Teacher's Hub - currently offline
Helping teachers integrate Web 2.0 technology into their classrooms.

Theme: education, technology, classroom, web2.0, collaboration

Janice Friesen

Janice Friesen, Austin, TX, USA, Elementary, Educational Technology

My title at my Elementary school is Technology Learning Partner. I am always looking for ways to support technology use for teachers and students. To me the most important thing technology can do is to open a window to the world. I think this looks like a pretty cool window!

Texas Malahini
I mostly write about what seems important that is going on in Educational Theory. Sometimes I will link an article I have read and sometimes will just write my thoughts.

Theme: change, reform, education, classroom, teacher, brain, article, research

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Ian Snyder

Ian Snyder, USA, Primary, Personal Reflection

I teach 2nd grade at Dalmatia Elementary in Dalmatia, PA, USA. I love looking for ways to use technology and to connect with other classrooms.

A Teacher's Thoughts
This blog is a collection of my thoughts from teaching.

Theme: reflection, thoughts, teachers, classroom, elementary education

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Ilona Miko

Ilona Miko, USA, Secondary, Tertiary, Adult, Science

Ilona is a neurobiologist who thinks a lot about how information is delivered and received. After 10 years in bench research, she became a science communicator and editor. She currently develops educational content at Nature Education, a division of Nature Publishing Group.

Nature EdCast
This blog contains a series of interviews with people about science education. Each month Ilona interviews leading figures in the world of science about their perspectives on the challenges and opportunities of science education around the world.

* located in Cambridge, MA
* part or larger initiave to provide free online science education resources for teachers & students.
* encouraging a global audience

Theme: science education, intelligence, communication, teaching, classroom, innovative techniques

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Jason DeLuca

Jason DeLuca, Canada, Primary

Grade 2 teacher with a passion for integrating technology!

Our Window For The World
Grade 2 classroom blog.

Theme: teacher, classroom, technology

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Mark Loftus

Mark Loftus, USA, Middle School, Physical Education

Physical education teacher at a Los Angeles USD middle school. Graduate of Syracuse University. Currently pursuing Master's degree from Concordia University in Athletic Administration. Married, 5 children. Youngest is 11, oldest is 20.

mrloftuspe - currently offline
Technology & teaching with a physical education twist.

Theme: technology, physical education, classroom, academic, school

Dan Roberts

Dan Roberts, UK, All Sectors, Education

I am the infamous Chickenman who uses technology in innovative ways to remove barriers in the classroom.

Why did the Chicken cross the road?
Talks about sharing ideas in education in the classroom.

Theme: innovation, ICT, technology, learning, classroom, teachers, students

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Classroom Tools Review

Classroom Tools Review, USA, Elementary

Classroom Tools Review
Classroom Tools Review is here to help you as a teacher, administrator, and parent. I will review a variety of educational tools, such as books, websites, games, kits, and more. I am open to suggestions and ideas about great educational tools to review.

Now if something is not deemed by me to be a quality or safe tool, it will be taken up with the company itself and not placed on the blog. But, stop by to see great recommendations that have been tested in my classroom.

Theme: teacher, review, report, supplies, classroom, tools, blog, homeschool, school, educational

Philip Waller

Philip Waller, Auckland, New Zealand, Primary

Been teaching for 25 years and still love it. Also love travel, walking, gardening, sports, playing golf, hunting, fishing, the solitude of the bush, my family.

owairaka2020
A cornucopia of ideas, thoughts, challenges, and events that shape our class. A place where we can share what is happening in our lives. A place where we can interact and communicate freely.

Theme: classroom, class, learning, language, problem solving, challenges

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Kelly Walsh

Kelly Walsh, USA, All Sectors, Education Technology

I have been in the information technology field for over 20 years, working at a senior management level for more than half of that time. I have been an avid user of Internet technologies for many of those years, and last year I began working for an institution of higher education, where I focused increasing attention on instructional uses of current and emerging Internet technologies.

There is so much that can be done to engage students with these evolving technologies. I also feel strongly that educators should strive to be aware of these technologies, and to provide students with insight into them.

Emerging Internet Technologies for Education
At EmergingEdTech.com, my mission is to inform educators about the expanding variety of exciting no cost or low cost web-based tools that are being used in instructional environments to better engage students, and to enrich the learning process.

Not only can these applications enable instructors to make learning more engaging and fun, but we also help students to be better prepared for the business world by introducing them to these innovative (yet at the same time, increasingly commonplace) technologies.

Each week I research a relevant topic and provide information, insight, and opinion. Please stop by and check out a topic of interest today!

Theme: education technology, internet technology for education, internet technology for instructors, internet technology in classroom, classroom technology, instructional technology

Tim Wicks

Tim Wicks, Australia, All Sectors, Education, Personal Development

Living in Darwin Australia is fantastic. I love the tropics, and the diversity of the city’s population makes for great food and interesting people. Darwin is a pretty small place with maybe 120,000 people living here.

We are also a 3 or 4 day drive from the main Australian capital cities, so at times I experience isolation in regard to conversations with people that are passionate about education and self development.

I currently work as a Senior Teacher in a Special School for High School students, and run Time To Shine. This makes for a hectic schedule, as I have 2 young kids that I love to spend time with as well.

Tim Wicks - currently offline
Tim Wicks is an educator and NLP Master Practitioner who craves interesting conversations. He has started Time2Blog for people who want to engage in conversations and arguments about education,and those who seek self improvement.

Theme: teacher, teaching, education, classroom, school, facilitation, facilitator

Bhanwar Singh

Bhanwar Singh, India, All Sectors, Improvised Learning

I have a keen interest in innovative and interactive learning technologies.

Education & Training
I am very interested in latest technology innovations which actually enhances the efficiency and makes the job easier and simpler.

Theme: eLearning, interactivity, classroom, training, ILT, WBT, learning technology, innovations, rapid interactivity building, social learning, enliven presentations

Kate Klingensmith

Kate Klingensmith, USA, K-12

My brief, yet incredible, experience in the classroom ended after I resigned from teaching after 4 years. I had been thinking that I could possibly make more of a change from the innovation side of education, rather than in the classroom. I taught Biology, Physics and Anatomy at an incredible charter school called YES, in Houston, before working for an education startup in San Francisco called Inigral, Inc.

I have a degree in Brain and Cognitive Science from MIT (’02), with a strong interest in learning theory and cognitive architecture, and I’m hoping to apply what I’ve learned over the past 10 years to figuring some things out. So far, the most important lesson that I can share is that social networking can play a huge role in education by allowing both teachers and students to build their own Personal Learning Network.

We are social animals and we thrive through interaction with others - I'm hoping that K-12 teachers everywhere will jump on board with this idea, and their students will ultimately see greater progress and success.

Once a Teacher
Intended to provide thoughts, resources, and advice to educators, my blog focuses on current best-practices, education-in-politics, pedagogy, and - most importantly - web 2.0 in the classroom.

Theme: education, web2.0, edtech, classroom

Ruth Wells

Ruth Wells, USA, K-12, Difficult and At Risk Students

Youth Change and Ruth Wells are your best source of exciting new strategies to teach troubled, at risk and problem youth and children.

The Problem Student Classroom Management Problem-Solver
Classroom Management Problems Solved Here. Hundreds of solutions for ADD, Asperger's, school failure, disrespect, work refusal, tardiness, bad attitudes and more.

Free sample interventions and free Problem Student Problem-Solver magazine at Youth Change.

Theme: classroom, management, help, education, teachers, ADD, aspergers, violent, special ed, at risk, solution, teacher

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Colin Humphreys

Colin Humphreys, UK, Secondary

A Supply teacher working in the UK secondary sector. I teach music as a specialist but other things on general.

Education UK
An education news blog including the stories about education in the UK and other places daily. Weekly articles about my own experiences in the UK education sector.

Theme: education, edublog, teaching, news, wales, england, secondary, music, communication, classroom, KS3, KS4, KS5, government, personal, IT

Esther Shamsunder

Esther Shamsunder, Bangalore, India, K-10, Adult

An entrepreneur tutor with a passion for using Web 2.0 tools for effective learning and interacting with the global community meaningfully. Use of free educational Internet resources to engage students both online and offline is my mission.

Great Expectations
It addresses learning for all ages, all languages, in the classroom and online,
parent,student and teacher resources, with emphasis on use of web 2.0 in learning and teaching.

Theme: internet, educational resources, classroom, web 2.0, internet tools, teachers