Both Will Richardson's and Karl Fisch's blogs are educational in nature. They both have high authority ratings from Technorati (409 and 225 respectively). Information is readily accessible on the purpose of the blog, the credentials of the authors, and how to contact the authors. This information is important for readers to be able to access in order to determine credibility of the authors.
Further, both authors are treated by their followers as authorities on their respective subjects, though occasional disrespect does occur. They both have other sites that link to their blogs, and they both update their blogs on a regular basis.
One difference in the two blogs appears to be popularity with the mass public. Fisch's blog tends to have far more comments per posting than Richardson's. However, both blogs have a very good following.
Overall, both of these blogs are reputable sources of information that I would feel comfortable using in an educational setting, perhaps at a staff professional development or as a one-on-one with administrators.
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Michelle, I read your comment to Beth about the intimidation factor! I only hope that in the next few years will have as much expretise and skill at blogging and using educational technology. I looked at Utecht's blog and although also intimidating, a post in June entitled "Blogging Bits," http://www.thethinkingstick.com/blogging-bits-june, helps alleviate some of the anxiety that comes with beginner blogging.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the link and the great advice, Amber. While I am still a little intimidating, these help a lot!
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