Three Educational Blogs

The first one isn't a blog, but I thought I might include it because I know I will be using it for years to come. It is a website called, Purplemath.com. It is useful for people who struggle in math and they need an easy reference to algebraic equations or formulas. I constantly use it for looking up the point-slope form or slope-intercept form. It would be perfect for a educator teaching middle school math. They can refer their students to the website when need be.

Then there is this blog about Teaching Homeschool, specializing in math. I continue to struggle in math, so any math website or blog can help.

http://homeschoolmath.blogspot.com
She tells stories of other people struggling to teach math, which relieves the pressure off of myself a little. She also recommends different textbooks for teaching, there are videos with quick reminders about simple but useful procedures through math, such as angles and multiplying by decimals. She gives out other blogs that could be useful to math help. This will be extremely useful to teachers who struggle with math, and struggle to teach math. It is also useful for simple reminders. It can be used by not only elementary teachers but secondary educators as well.

http://www.guerillaeducators.typepad.com/

This blog is interesting, because she speaks of teacher conferences for Tech and Science Savy Teachers that are interested. She teaches at a Charter Academy school, she talked about how the sister school participated in an Alliance to Save Energy Leadership Team. This team will be responsible for the conservation of the school's energy this year. Her blog is innovating. It isn't just about lesson plans, there are also stories about how her school or sister schools are changing ways to save the Earth. Her blog could provide many futuristic ideas for educators years to come.

http://mrpullen.wordpress.com/

Just from his earliest blog topic to his last, he has many thought provoking lesson plans. His earliest blog topic speaks of 5 ways to address and teach about the Haiti Earthquake. He adds in book suggestions for educators, how to become better educators. He suggests two great books about technology in education. One of the books being titled, "Rethinking Education in the Age of Technology". This blog is just one useful tip after another about teaching to young minds. It would be very useful to beginning teachers or experienced ones.

Although, he speaks of distance education for high school students and that school busing should be eliminated. His exact quote is, "Eliminating school busing will force districts to get serious about considering online education and distance-learning initiatives. Why shouldn’t many of our high school students be coming to school every other day and working online from home half the time? Without school-provided transportation, parents will be demanding that these types of opportunities be offered immediately."

I cannot agree with his idea of distance education for high school students. Even though that would save money for the state to eliminate school busing, there is still bus system for the middle and elementary students. Therefore it defeats the purpose of saving "some" money. Also, if high school students were to stay home and have a distance-learning environment half of them would probably fail out of school.