Good websites/blogs to follow for a new teacher?

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Permalink Reply by Anthony VonBank on August 6, 2009 at 1:02pm

I recently started a blog for teaching with Google Docs and Blogger. You may want to follow it, might be helpful:

teachingwithgoogledocs.blogspot.com

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Permalink Reply by Emily Wilson on November 15, 2009 at 8:32pm

Jill,

First off, I hope your student teaching experience is going well so far. I just began my M.Ed in Curriculum and Instruction, though I have not yet taught...long story! Anyways, I'm taking an online course called "Professional Learning Networks." It's great because it's teaching us about all there is out there to connect to for teachers...there's a ton! It can become overwhelming at times. I've found that unless you have a specific topic you're searching, it can be cumbersome. With that being said, some of the things we've learned about and were able to try out were:

http://tipline.blogspot.com/
http://www.ncs-tech.org/
www.diigo.com
google scholar

These are websites you can sign up and type specific topics, such as your technology integration in the elementary classroom and find blogs or other articles to help you in your search.

I know you were asking for something specific in this post, but figured checking out those other sites could help you in the future with other topics. Good luck!!!

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Permalink Reply by Jill Calkins on December 5, 2009 at 6:06am

Emily,

Sorry I am just seeing this....I have been really busy...go figure. :) Thank you so much for the blogs and the advice! I really appreciate it. I feel so lucky to be a teacher this day and age because of the resources and support available. I wish you a lot of luck in your pursuit of your Master's. I can hardly believe I am one week away from being done. I had a fantastic experience for student teaching, but the hardest part is yet to come. I cry every time I even *think* about leaving my little second graders. They really are the best!

Thank you again...and good luck to you!

Jill

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Permalink Reply by CWhitney on December 4, 2009 at 8:44pm

Spellingcity.com is a great tool to reinforce weekly spelling words.

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Permalink Reply by Jill Calkins on December 5, 2009 at 6:08am

Thanks Crystal! I have seen Spellingcity and was talking to my host teacher about it. I didn't have much time to play with it, but it seemed cool that you could create your own lists, etc. Do you know if you can customize the games on there for your own spelling word list?

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Permalink Reply by CWhitney on December 5, 2009 at 7:06am

Yes, you can. If you create a dree account you can save this weekly spelling lists and have students practice their own word lists.

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Wylie on December 4, 2009 at 9:09pm

Try these. This is what in my RSS reader...

http://www.educationtechnologyblog.com/blogroll.html

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Permalink Reply by Jill Calkins on December 5, 2009 at 6:09am

Thanks, Jonathan!

I see we follow some of the same blogs, but I also see a bunch of new ones on your feed that I will have to check out. I am done with student teaching in a week, so I will have a lot more time to check them out when I am unemployed. :) Thanks again!

Jill

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Permalink Reply by bjoernlasse on December 5, 2009 at 10:45pm

I guess most importantly you engage with other teachers through twitter - this way you always stay up to date ;)
my twitter is bjoernlasse

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Permalink Reply by Alline Sada on December 6, 2009 at 12:55am

Stop by my site:
Directory of Educational Resouces on the Web
http://www.alline.org
It's focused on K-8.

blogs: Larry Ferlazzo, 2€ Worth, technorati

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Permalink Reply by Michael Zimmer on December 6, 2009 at 8:51am

http://edutechintegration.blogspot.com

this is mine. I update it daily if not more than once a day

You can follow me on Twitter too...mzimmer557

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Permalink Reply by Karren Colbert on February 13, 2010 at 11:02pm

Hi Jill,

I would love for you to stop by my blog:

www.writebrainedteacher.blogspot.com

I hope your student teaching experience went well and that your job search went even better!

Karren

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