Comments on: Can You Really Identify Features That Makes A Good Blog?

By: Robin Ellis

Robin Ellis — Thu, 28 Feb 2008 02:23:05 +0000

Sue this is a great post. I agree I do think we all look for different bloggers to read based upon our interest. I always look at the blog rolls of those I read for this same reason you stated, chances are there will be someone I find with similar interests.

Also I have tagged you for the meme Passion Quilt, here are the rules.
1. Think about what you are passionate about teaching your students.
2. Post a picture from a source like FlickrCC or Flickr Creative Commons or make/take your own that captures what YOU are most passionate about for kids to learn about…and give your picture a short title.
3. Title your blog post “Meme: Passion Quilt” and link back to this blog entry.
4. Include links to 5 folks in your professional learning network or whom you follow on Twitter/Pownce.

By: Mick

Mick — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 06:34:33 +0000

Hey Sue,

I absolutely agree on the indivuality of blogs, however I think there are a lot of people out there that don’t know where to start in the blogsphere. I was one of them and I’m very IT literate. I would imagine that those that don’t feel at home in cyberspace would like to hear about a couple of places to start learning about the wonderful world of 2.0 stuff!

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 07:51:35 +0000

You are right Matthew – hadn’t thought about that until I looked closely at the top edubloggers list. It also why I like Vicki Davis so much because she is in the classroom using it with students in global projects.

Trust you Graham – fancy remembering the type of movies I hate (from my random twits) and adding them here in the comments. Spam is a bit issue at the moment and yes I need to delete those comments.

Ken – I’m think we might need to vote on the movies, books and meals. I think the only one I have experienced is the China Syndrome.

Interesting points Christine – I find the shared Google Reader is a really good way for our network to let us know what is interesting and worth reading. Oops I’ve been forgetting to share lately . Trouble is I don’t always make time to read the posts shared

By: Christine Martell

Christine Martell — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 18:53:59 +0000

So true Sue. What makes blogs so wonderful for me is that someone else isn’t telling me what is good or not. I am free to decide for myself. I love the diversity of input across disciplines, style, and voice. If I want consistent quality as determined by others, I’ll go to the mainstream press.

Even so, I do appreciate recommendations from others. I’m always interested in what my network thinks is interesting or inspiring. Nothing like collective wisdom.

Guess it is a constant balancing act.

By: ken

ken — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 15:25:22 +0000

for me, wondrous language mangler that I am, I would recommend the following books:
1. Geek Love by Katerine Dunn
2. The Road by Cormac McCarthy
3. Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

Movie:
1. Miller’s Crossing
2. Fargo
3. The China Syndrome

Culinary Dishes:
1. Veal Picatta
2. Tacinelli’s Pizza (if you’re ever in Philly)
3. Spaghetti-O’s

Blogs:
Not sure yet…still too new

By: Graham Wegner

Graham Wegner — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 08:18:08 +0000

Sue, I know you are a lover of great movies so I’m going to give you my list of best 3 movies that you should watch to really become an expert.
1. Finding Nemo
2. Cars
3. Shark’s Tale.
Sadly, I don’t have a movie that I personally appear in to recommend to you … if I was talking about blogging however, it could be a different story!
BTW, think your moderation queue needs some beefing up judging by your first two comments here. Reblogging Google Ads morons definitely are the bottom feeders of the online information ecosystem.

By: Mathew

Mathew — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 06:26:45 +0000

The most popular edublogs tend to be blogs that are more theory than practice. However, for busy teachers who are not used to reading blogs I suspect it would be practical educational blogs that would be immediately applicable to their classrooms without much thought that would be of most interest.