10 Educational and Inspiring Blogs

1.       http://www.alicekeeler.com/teachertech/ : Teacher Tech is a blog created by Alice Keeler, who has her B.A. in Mathematics and her M.A. in Educational Media Design and Technology. Her quest in life and on her blog is to promote new and effective ways of using technology in the classroom.

2.      http://www.teachingandlearningwell.com/ : Teaching and Learning Well is a Weebly website run by GVSU professor Susan Laninga. This site is meant to be a well of information for teachers and more specifically, Social Studies teachers.

3.      http://www.coolcatteacher.com/ : The Cool Cat Teacher is a blog run by Vicki Davis, who is a fulltime teacher, author, and keynote speaker. Her blog, full of countless ideas, innovation, inspiration, and more, is a constant on the list of top 50 educational blogs.

4.      http://larremoreteachertips.blogspot.com/ : Chalk Talk is run by Mrs. Laramore, who taught kindergarten for 16 years and has a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction from Dallas Baptist and a doctorate in early childhood studies from the University of North Texas. This blog is aimed to provide useful tips and strategies for early childhood teachers.

5.      http://corneroncharacter.blogspot.com/ : The Corner on Character is authored by Barbara, a school counselor, character coach, and former Spanish and ESL teacher in Texas. Her blog contains many helpful and interesting posts about her experiences in teaching, in hopes that she can inspire other teachers to become better.

6.      http://thefirstgradeparade.blogspot.com/ : The First Grade Parade is run by Cara Carroll, a first grade teacher from Texas who’s been teaching for 13 years. The goal of her blog is to be a “virtual scrapbook” of her everyday classroom happenings.

7.      http://www.kids-bookreview.com/p/about.html : The Kids’ Book Review is run by ten women with decades of experience between them who fill roles such as authors, speakers, teachers, librarians, and more. This blog is a literature and book review site which includes literary news, book reviews, interviews with authors and illustrators, events, literacy articles and more.

8.     http://www.kleinspiration.com/p/tiny-tech-tips.html : Kleinspiration is run by Erin Klein, an educator who makes it her goal to help bring other teachers into the 21^st century by embracing technology integration and global preparation in the classroom. Her blog is full of pictures, examples, and more to help other teachers to implement technology in their own teaching.

9.      http://blog.maketaketeach.com/ : Make, Take, Teach is run by Julie, a proud Michigan resident with a history in special education. Her goal in her blog is to help teachers better meet the needs of their students by providing multi-sensory materials, as well as other literacy, special needs, mathematics, and DIY resources.

10.  http://funforspanishteachers.blogspot.com/p/about.html : Fun for Spanish Teachers is run by Carolina, founder of 1-2-3 Spanish Together, an early language program for teaching Spanish to children and also a K-3 Spanish teacher. Her blog is full of useful materials for elementary Spanish teachers such as songs, games, lessons, and more.