The Philidelphia Enquirer article was the first I found to recognize the recent EduBlog Awards...and I do believe they 'get it':
"When I look for vision and new direction in the educational technology community, I look to professional blogs. The cutting edge exists on the part of the Web that is living, unpolished, free of word limits, and not always beautifully edited."
Last year about this time, I was celebrating the Newcomer of the Year recognition (my 15 minutes of fame and increased blog traffic). This year I am celebrating the increase in quality of the 2005 EduBlogs that made the short list and am impressed/inspired by the winners:
- Kudos to All (and a list of favorites)
- Best Newcomer: Blog of Proximal Development
- Best Teacher's Blog: (tie) Blog of Proximal Development (see above) and Anne Davis' Edublog Insights I count myself as one of Anne's biggest fans.
- Best Audio/Video Blog: Ed Tech Talk
- Best example/case study of use of Weblogs within teaching and learning: The Polar Science Project
- Best Individual Blog - Runner-up: Will Richardson's Weblogg-Ed I would personally grant Will the Blogvangelist Award for his work in promoting blogging in education
- Most innovative edublogging project, service or program: Edublogs - James Farmer's project removes many of the excuses for educators who want a stab at blogging, it is a free service.