In the same Classroom 2.0 thread entitled “Top 3 Blogs to Read?” in which a member asks for the network’s three favorite edublogs:
- Mathew Needleman recommends his own blog, Creating Lifelong Learners, without qualification.
- Nick Pernisco recommends his own blog, Understand Media, without qualification.
I mean, c’mon, fellas. I spend several hours a day reading my own archives just like anyone else, but calling myself my own favorite edublogger? Not with a straight face. Not in a Ning forum. I mean, if this sorta thing slides by in our social networks, how much longer ’til our classrooms fall?
Plus, as if that weren’t enough fun:
- Nancy Bosch qualifies a dy/dan recommendation with: “he irritates the heck out of me.”
Does the edublogosphere need a Gawker? I just registered a few domains, in any case.
21 Comments
Benjamin Baxter
February 20, 2008 - 6:20 pm -It’s almost as if they haven’t mastered the art of spamming other blogs with a link to their own blog.
Allow me to demonstrate.
http://awaitingtenure.wordpress.com/
Look how easy that was.
dan
February 20, 2008 - 6:22 pm -Say, outta curiosity, you ever tried clicking your own name in a list of comments?
jose
February 20, 2008 - 6:27 pm -My favorite ed posts, in all honesty, are:
http://www.nyceducator.com/
http://www.redeemingdaisy.com/redeemingdaisy/wordpress/
and yours,
With all due respect to the 20+ teacher blogs I got on my blogroll and the other potential ones out there. They each have their own uniqueness I can appreciate thoroughly. Then again, I kinda make my choices obvious.
As far as myself, I’m not as consistently in the edusphere as the rest of you are, so I’m not as cool. Nonetheless, I wouldn’t mind a few hits here and there.
Benjamin Baxter
February 20, 2008 - 6:34 pm -Yep. My observation is that people don’t usually click ’em, though. If you’d like, I’ll stop.
dan
February 20, 2008 - 6:49 pm -Benjamin, nope, your call all the way.
Jose, see, that’s how these link solicitations oughtta work. Never heard of that second one there.
ken
February 20, 2008 - 7:30 pm -@Ben: I click your name, not the link. The link is too ‘in my face’. Clicking on the name seems more personal, like I’m really reaching out to touch you.
In a good way.
@Dan: should I make a joke about a font? I just downloaded a font called ‘Children Should Not Play With Dead Things’. Goes great with Lord of the Flies.
Ann Oro
February 20, 2008 - 7:34 pm -Well, my fault is a typo in my response. Someday I hope to be in a Dy/Dan hall of fame. I think I can, I think I can…
dan
February 20, 2008 - 7:52 pm -Heh. Looks like that scamp, Ben Baxter, couldn’t resist leaving his mark on the same hydrant.
Rick
February 20, 2008 - 8:16 pm -I think a Rodney Dangerfield quote might be very appropriate here. Oh, and I know of an employee in our district who nominated herself for classified employee of the year. Takes some stones.
Mathew
February 20, 2008 - 8:17 pm -Thanks Dan for adding an additional link to my blog as if my own self promotion wasn’t enough.
Tom
February 20, 2008 - 9:43 pm -I wrote a long post for them explaining that I wouldn’t recommend giving new blog readers any ed blogger sites. I’d do feeds related to their interests then broaden from there.
If there interest was really technology then so many pro sites cover new trends, sites and gadgets much better. Use them. There’s a reason they get paid.
If the teacher was interested in ed sites I’d focus on pairing them as closely as possible with teachers in their situation. Similar grade, subject, demographic who write about concrete uses and results.
Avoid the Warlick fluffy stuff, hyperposting, continuous “I’m in IL today for . . . ‘ posts.
Then it seems the comment was eaten (and it was much more eloquent than what’s above- genius even). Maybe I’m a spammer or maybe it was too anti-classroom 2.0.
A. Mercer
February 20, 2008 - 9:49 pm -First, I’m LMAO at a couple things:
1. Pointing out self-promotion in others
2. You’re on Twitter, and seemingly following some of our threads even though you aren’t follow any of us
3. You’re following a Classroom 2.0 forum thread
…although that might have been Nancy’s kind link to your blog. Maybe I should consider that, I’ll do a link to your blog and say something like, “NOT that I would ever read someone like this!” — Oh wait, you just did that for Matthew, lol.
Next, we’ll find out your subbed to Will Richardson or David Warlick’s blogs (just for the pictures, I’m sure).
Oh, and here are few more to boost my technorati
New article on Oral Language Devleopment, yes it’s suitable for family reading…
New In Practice post where I welcome Matthew to our blog
Hey I managed to self promote and promote Matthew at the same time. Thank you Dan for letting me shill on your blog.
Nick Pernisco
February 20, 2008 - 9:57 pm -What can I say? I love my blog. :)
Jason Dyer
February 21, 2008 - 5:41 am -I like to set up two diametrically opposed blogs in adjacent windows and watch them fight.
(Eduwonk and eduwonkette are obvious choices. Eduwonk seems to be on a kick right now complaining that eduwonkette is anonymous. Huh?)
I do need to get the hang of the self-promotion thing better, for a while there my Technorati rating didn’t even exist.
Scott McLeod
February 21, 2008 - 10:07 am -Definitely the funniest comment stream of the day… Thanks for the laugh!
Wait, does that make me a total geek? That I even have a ‘funniest comment stream of the day?’ I’ll go ask my buddies on Twitter…
J.D. Williams
February 21, 2008 - 11:39 am -We received nomination forms for district and state teacher of the year last week. The first option they have on them for nominating is a “self-nomination.” The unfortunate thing is that I have worked with some people that would nominate themselves. They aren’t usually the person I’d nominate.
And now to self promote:
Dan, I made a video of the truncated tetrahedron activity. I’m in the process of making a better one and a SmartNotebook lesson with the videos embedded. This one was put together quickly.
Nancy
February 21, 2008 - 8:16 pm -“He irritates the heck out of me….” but you, like many politicians, quoted me out of context…the rest of the quote…” but it’s refreshing that he actually looks at the best way to teach not just the whiz-bang of the tools. He also makes me think about the design of teaching.”
I actually meant that in a nice way, many blogger irritate me in a not nice way.
dan
February 21, 2008 - 9:58 pm -Yeah, you’re right, but it was way funnier the way I quoted you.
Linda
February 24, 2008 - 7:57 am -seriously funny.
now if you would call out all the ‘experts on public education’ that have never worked in it………