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If you are looking for examples of teacher OR student blogs, this new Edublogs directory can be handy. Categories by content area, as well as a category for students (student blogs in content area sections too). Great place to look for ideas of what you might do in your classroom.

This is one of my favorite elementary classroom blogs. Maria Knee is a NH kindergarten teacher, a former NH Tech teacher of the year, and a generally awesome person. Just scroll through for lots of great ideas.

Interested in reading one teacher's reflection on the first day of school? Here's a blog by Karl Fisch, who created that original "Did you know?" powerpoint. This looks like a blog specifically to share what happened in class each day as a part journal, part reflection, part transparent "open" teaching. It's worth reading - and rings true to what the first day is often about (if you are organized and everything goes according to plan).

blog about a teacher who wants to change the way we educate

A cool lesson plan for digital story writing.

Excellent blog post with ideas for teacher podcasts and student podcasts. See what you think! 

Social Studies teachers, check this one out and see what is useful to you. (They also publish "on this day in Spanish" for you MFL teachers. 

You may not be sold on Twitter (yet), but take a look at these uses in ADDITION to all the great information in the education/educators community.  

Listen to the actual podcast, 14 minutes. Yes, it's from 2006. Yes it's aimed at higher-ed. However, the concepts, applications, ideas are all valid, esp for 7-12. Make podcast tours of town, local sights, etc. with historical context or other curricular relevant information and making them available to others to download - even for small town locales.

In case you didn't have enough tools yet . .. here are a few more (and a recap of the biggest ones)

I found this short post and diagram really helpful and clear in how it articulates information access, selection and use, the tools, how information is extended and then how it is recalled or put into context. This might help visualize what to do with all the information that just seems to flood in, as well as that which we seek out intentionally. See what you think.  (from twitter)

If you are a science teacher, check this out. It's produced by college science students around the world and might provide thought provoking materials for discussion at the 9-12 levels, or the concepts interpreted for younger students.