Teacher Resources: Top 25 Blogs for Educators

Most teachers love to share everything about their days in the classroom--classroom horror stories, useful articles, lesson plans, tiny celebrations that make your day, and even the sometimes ridiculous things that slip out of your students' mouths and make you laugh until you can't breathe. Yes, this laughter isn't always appropriate--but it's necessary all the same. It's that laughter, as well as the support from colleagues and student success stories, that you use to help you along the roller coaster journey you take as an educator. What better platform for your therapeutic sharing sessions than the world of blogs? Log on to one of these top 25 education blogs to feed whatever your need.

Educational Technology Integration

• Free Technology for Teachers. This blog provides tons of free education technology resources, as well as information on using them. Gives teachers ideas on how to integrate technology into the curriculum.
• The Fischbowl. Karl Fisch, creator of the infamous "Shift Happens" PowerPoint, shares ideas for staff development, originally for his own district, but has found his popularity to spread world-wide.
• EdGalaxy. Kevin Cummins has dubbed his site "cool for nerdy teachers." He believes technology and education should be integrated in today's world and tells readers how to do so.
• E-Learning Queen. This blog provides support to a technology-enriched society, for educators interested in using online education, students looking for a degree program, or employers wanting to be more tech-savvy.

Beyond Reading, Writing, and 'Rithmetic

• Reading Year. Two teachers, who have a passion for reading, share many book lists for different grade levels, links and resources for literacy lessons.
• I.N.K. Interesting Nonfiction for Kids. Bloggers on this site reveal an abundance of nonfiction materials to use with kids in what seems like every topic under the sun.
• dy/dan. Dan Meyer refuses "teaching to a test teaching" and encourages out the box ideas on how to teach math to high school students.
• Two Writing Teachers. Two passionate writing teachers run a well-organized blog by sharing research, rubrics, samples of mentor texts, classroom reflections, units of study ideas, and much more.
• Steve Spangler. Steve Spangler creates a cool science blog complete with video clips and tons of hands-on science ideas--he wants to make science fun.

Classroom Management and Teaching Green

• Responsive Classroom. Read helpful posts about general classroom management ideas from the developers of the Responsive Classroom approach.
• Classroom Solutions. Five teachers, grades Pre K-12, give classroom solutions on topics like organization, community-building, and cooperative learning.
• Teach Paperless. This platform gives teachers a place to discuss ideas about having a more "green," technology-enriched, paperless classroom.

Early Elementary Teachers

• Look at my happy rainbow!. Here is where you'll find endearingly funny--and often breathtakingly poignant--daily classroom anecdotes posted by a male kindergarten teacher.
• Mrs. Cassidy's Classroom Blog. A first grade teacher chronicles what life is like in a her classroom with lots of video, pictures, and creative lesson ideas.

Helping Students Study

• Edmodo. An excellent private micro-blogging site for teachers to use with students to post classroom information, give access to homework assignments, conduct literature discussions, or express mathematical thinking explanations.

Online Education for Administrators

• Principal's Page. This blog, written by a principal, provides humor as well as resources for education administrators such as forms, surveys, and letters to administrators.

TOEFL, TOSOL, TESL, or TESL: Teaching English as a Foreign Language

• Larry Ferlazzo. Larry Ferlazzo's award-winning blog is very user friendly and provides a range of information and resources for all teachers, but especially ELL or ESL teachers.

Special Education Teacher Resources

• Teaching Learners with Multiple Needs. This blog provides excellent resources and ideas for teachers of students with multiple special needs.
• Scolastic Scribe. If you are looking for some inspiration, this popular blog enriches each post with photos and tons of humor.

Education News Online

• Edwize. Information on important education news and policies, as well as teacher resources, are shared on this blog.
• Teacher Jay. Teacher Jay's blog explores educational issues through commentary on news, essays, and research journal articles. He also reviews many resources like books, Web sites, and software.

General Teaching Resources

• Gladly Would I Teach. The name sort of says it all in a nutshell. A thirty-year veteran teacher shares career successes and failures, along with strategies and philosophies.
• Cool Cat Teacher. Vicki Davis is an enthusiastic educator who shares both thought-provoking information and a plethora of resources.
• Educated Nation. A catch-all education blog providing a wide array of fascinating topics of topics including education news, degree program information, online education options, and career advice.
• Thinking Mind. This educator takes a philosophical approach to teaching. His specialty is providing inquiry-based learning projects.

Whether you are searching for a few good laughs, wanting to borrow some amazing ideas, or looking for someone to tell you how to get the free stuff that you love, blogs can offer teachers the support they need. Take advantage of the wide range of knowledge and teaching resources dished out on blogs by fellow educators--and consider starting a blog of your own!

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