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Extensive list of educational blogs. Includes students, teachers, classroom, and administrative blogs. Use left sidebar for great blogging resources.

Chris Harbeck is a math teacher who uses student blogs to enhance his classroom. This is his Math 8 blog hub. It has lots of ideas for different Math lessons.

Education blogs, by discipline

An inspiring blog post which shares some ideas for creating poem projects on Animoto. As teachers, you can apply for a free Animoto account.

Blog for sharing what a group of Ottawa teachers have learned about blogs & podcasting.

NewsTrust was created to promote quality journalism in the Internet age, a formidable task as millions of news-related posts, blogs and sites are created each day. How do we make sense of all this digital noise?

Hot now: Chrome OS Hot now: Palin Hot now: MJ Hot now: Iran Hot now: Tour de France Collecta is not like other search engines. The web is alive with real-time information. So why search a stale archive? Collecta monitors the update streams of news sites, popular blogs and social media, so we can show you results as they happen. Give it a try.

Guide to internet safety and safe surfing for young people from Think U Know. Learn about online safety when using blogs, chatting, online gaming, P2P and other forms of technology like mobiles.

Intrnet Safety-Keeping children safer online. An educational resrouce blog for parents, teachers and law enforcement. Discusses cyberbullying, electronic harassment, sexual predators, teacher resources, videos and more online safety information.

A really cool blog post about how a teacher has been using the game "Myst" to help his students improve vocabulary and creative writing. This is his second year using this particular game with his students, and you can link back to his posts from the previous year detailing how he got started using it with his class.

NASA now offers easy access to a rich array of its educational resources--including websites and video--through its Find Teaching Materials search tool. The database is searchable by keyword, and may be filtered by: * Grade Level * Type of Material * Subject NASA allows offers a browsable A-Z List of Print Publications in pdf form.

Not everything about education of 50 years ago is irrelevant today. But the thrust of this article is right.

I thought this post did a good job explaining what Twitter is and how it can be used to build a Personal Learning Network.

There are a lot of free podcasts that have been created with the teacher and tech nut in mind. Most of these podcasts are available free through iTunes. (If you don't have iTunes, you can download it for free at Apple.com.) Here are 20 iTunes feeds that would be of interest to tech-savvy teachers:

Twitter is an enormously popular tool at the moment and literally thousands of third party companies have starting developing applications that can enhance its capabilities, but which of these are good and which ones can help teachers to grow their network and use this tool in a more effective way? Karen Schweitzer from the About.com Guide to Business School has volunteered the guest posting on her top 25 Twitter applications. Thanks Karen.

The social web is an often overlooked resource full of excellent information. Whether you're working on a research project, building your brand, or just trying to find some information, look to social media sites to find what you're looking for. Here, we'll take a look at 100 tips and tools for effectively researching the social web.

Whether you're a high school or college student, a small business owner looking to set up a new business plan, or someone who wants to be better organized with your errands, goals and regular to-do lists, there are a variety of tools to keep your notes and tasks safe and filed away online. These 50 tools and tricks will revolutionize your note-taking by introducing you to techniques and websites that let you share ideas, store your thoughts directly on a web page and more.