http://technostories.wordpress.com/
A Welsh educator Bev Evans blogs primarily about inclusion and integrating technology into the primary/junior classroom. She has been very dedicated to this blog for a couple of years. Although there are a few typos or gramatical errors, the content makes up for these flaws.
She was shortlisted for the Education Blog Awards 2011, Teacher Blog of the Year. I actually found her blog more relevant than the winner. She includes reviews and tutorials on several free and some great but not so free resources. In some cases, she includes video feeds of presentations she has done featuring one recent one from a conference that in detail shows how several websites, apps and software packages work and their application to create an inclusive classroom.
I am excited to check out several of those featured. I also was surprised that the blog branched out to using technology in several different strands. I find often that the author has a focus on a certain subject and 99 percent of the time it is literacy based or the odd time there is some math thrown in. However, she dedicates several blog entries to music, science etc. I am not sure what "Bev's Waffle" means so there is a minor cultural divide! There are some acronyms that I also do not follow, but I dare say an Ontario blog talking about DRA, ALP's, IEP's etc. would read the same. Bev is obviously a passionate educator and there is a lot to learn on her blog. Exploring several edu blogs really makes me long for an IPad in my classroom...or two.
There are a ridiculous amount of links at the bottom of this Blog/page that are very useful. It is encouraging to see Bev has tried and had some success with a lot of the things she has demonstrated on her Blog.
No comments:
Post a Comment