Blogs to follow

When I was looking for blogs to follow, I had a few interests in mind. First, were there blogs that pertain to my specific classroom content? And, are there blogs that might lend themselves to content in this graduate class that we are taking? Well, I was able to find both.

First, I looked for blog relating to Foreign Language and Spanish teaching. I was disappointed when I found a few that looked very promising in content, but had not been updated in over a year. I am going to continue looking for blogs relating specifically to Foreign Language/Spanish teaching, but I was able to find two that I think will be useful.

The Teaching & Learning Spanish blog is maintained by a woman who has been learning Spanish since high school, has also taught the language, and is encouraging her children to learn Spanish. In addition, she has links to resources and videos on her blog.

The Foreign Language Fun blog is similar in providing links, ideas, lessons, and resources. The difference is that the woman is a French teacher, but is learning Spanish with her children, and is sharing resources for both languages. However, methods and ideas can work well between languages.

As far as more educational/technology blogs, I was able to find three that seem to be a mix of talking about life as an education, educational news, and using technology in the classroom. Because of this, they will be useful to read in general as an educator, and may provide some interesting insight for this class. They are Weblogg-ed, Brave New World, and The Power of Educational Technology.

With any luck, all five of these blogs will be worth continuing to follow. If not, I hope that two of them will be interesting and worth the shared resources.