Getting Going

Getting Going PodcastI attended the MACUL (Michigan Association of Computer Users for Education) Conference last March and learned about how blogs and podcasts were being used for education. Although I intended to get started with my own blog right away, I instead have spent the past 7 months observing the blogging world. I now subscribe to 29 ed tech blogs that I check every single day. I have been reading the stimulating conversations, learning new things, and exploring my own thoughts and ideas. Well, I am ready now to join the blogging and podcasting world.

My favorite ed tech bloggers are:

1. Will Richardson: weblogg-ed, http://weblogg-ed.com/

2. Danny Maas: TILT - Teachers Improving Learning With Technology, http://tilttv.blogspot.com/

3. Wes Fryer: Moving at the Speed of Creativity, http://www.speedofcreativity.org/

4. David Warlick: Connected Learning, http://davidwarlick.com/connectlearning/

Why there are so few ed tech bloggers that are women? Perhaps I just don't know about them. I am the Technology Integration Coordinator for Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, a district in southeastern Michigan. I work with some amazing teachers and we have much to share. I want to include topics such as new ideas and trends, research, best practices, staff development, and classroom examples in my blog. I will also be experimenting with podcasting and plan to come up with some recommendations for Walled Lake teachers: such as where to post, how to create and edit audio clips, and how to communicate the presence of our blogs and podcasts through RSS feeds. I figure that the best way to figure all these things out is to just do it!

Listen to Getting Going as a podcast.

Pam Shoemaker

Walled Lake Consolidated Schools Technology Integration Coordinator