I chose A Geeky Momma's Blog and Seeking the Wisdom of the Ages based on their names. When I first opened A Geeky Momma's blog I was surprised to see a reference to my very own Resources for Young Adult Teacher, Joel Shoemaker. Right away I was pretty sure this was a credible blog to reference. Upon further inspection I learned that this blog was by Lee Kolbert from Baton Rouge, FL. She claims to be a blogger, an educator, and a hockey mom. Her newest blog is about reading and getting teachers to share what they are reading to encourage others to read this summer. Throughout her blog, she provides links to many other resources for reading and about book choice. Unfortunately, there is not much information provided about Kolbert other than she is a hockey mom, educator, and blogger. When her blog is searched using Technorati, she has a pretty low authority level (37). However, despite these two credibility roadblocks, I believe her blog is a helpful source for educators who are looking to see what others are reading or are looking to discuss what they are reading.
Seeking the Wisdom of the Ages is a blog by Tom Turner who is a specialist/network manager for an elementary school in Florida. He is also a member of the Discovery Educator network. This blog is easy to navigate. Turner focuses on questions about a quality education and how best to teach students. He has a series of blogs on the worth of games in education where he refers to some popular games that are not advertised as educational, but in fact are very educational, such as Zoo Tycoon, Sim City, and World of Warcraft.
To be honest, I doubt if I will ever follow either of these blogs. It is not that they don't provide interesting points of view, but I also don't believe either to be groundbreaking. However, the Geeky Momma blog would be a good blog for educators to follow who are interested in summer reading lists and discussions. And Turner's Seeking the Wisdom of the Ages blog would be good if someone was looking for a differing opinion on gaming in education.
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Thanks for sharing these blogs, Michelle. It is interesting to see blogs of all formats that can be of educational value...even hockey moms! Even though we BOTH probably won't reference these in the future, they definitely offer ideas for the creation of our own blog sites.
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