Review of 5 Educational Blogs

History Tech blog http://historytech.wordpress.com/
This blog combines technology and history. The most recent post included a review on Remix America. It seems like it would be very informative for the social studies teacher. Remix America has three sections. “America Then” has vintage speeches, music, etc. “America Now” has commentary on today and speeches. You can take these and then mix them into your own creation. The author states that the creation process is pretty simple which is great for me at least. I could use this tool to mix up speeches or events to my liking. Some of his other entries deal with personal stuff, but most deal with issues, new technology for social studies teachers.
Michael Yell’s blog http://www.socialstudies.org/blog/6
This blog is from Michael Yell from the National Council of Social Studies. It seems like it would have some good information. However, the recent posts deal with the recent conference and its speakers which does not include practical concerns for the social studies teacher. It also has great information on the new facebook account that they opened for social studies teachers and other professionals.
Megan Cawley’s Social Studies blog http://blog.bakerdemschool.org/mcawley
This seems like it would be a good resource for social studies teachers. Cawley posts for her class the whole project for her 8th and 7th grade classes. This project includes all the information that the students need to have to complete this project. It has many great ideas and includes many links to additional blogs, such as the homework blog. However, there were not many posts.
Dpietran’s blog http://elearning.monroe.edu/blogs/dpietran
This blog definitely seems like it would be very good in providing ideas for my social studies lessons. The first few posts included links to engaging lesson plans about the Eleanor Roosevelt. It included some further links for women’s history and other historical information. It included a link for a kid’s writing contest dealing with Ken Burns and favorite National Parks.
Speaking of History blog http://speakingofhistory.blogspot.com/
This is another great blog with lots of info to help draw out the students’ motivation and interest. It has many links. One link was for a freebie for teachers for a video from CSPAN. There was a link to a great professional opportunity for teachers from the Truman library to create lesson plans from their archives. A great link for podcasts of students reading The Gettysburg Address on the 200th Anniversary.