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Edublog 2010 Award Winners

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The Edublog 2010 awards were held this week. Alas, I didn’t bring home any Eddies this year but I wanted to point you all to the winners (all wonderful additions to your Google Reader).  Congratulations to all who won!  Don’t forget to check out the original list of nominees (also wonderful additions to your Reader).

To all who nominated and voted for me, thank you so much for your support and encouragement- you all make me feel like a winner every day and I appreciate that!

2010 Edublog Awards- Thank you!

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The 2010 Eddies (Edublog awards) are here.  This is the 7th year of the Edublog Awards.  Last year I won an award for Best Educational Tech Support blog.  I couldn’t be more honored.  The Edublogs are a truly special award because you have to be nominated by those who read your blog.  It is truly humbling to be nominated by all of you, who I hold in such high esteem, for an Edublog Award.  This year I (or a project I was involved with) was nominated in several categories.  Of course I would love your votes, but looking at the line up, there are so many incredible blogs to choose from I will understand if you don’t!  Regardless of who you vote for, be sure to check out the blogs, conversations, and people nominated.  You are bound to discover some new and wonderful people to follow and conversations to join in.

You can click on the badges below to vote in each individual category.

iLearn Technology was nominated for Best Individual Blog:

I was nominated for best individual tweeter- ktenkely (this category shocks me the most!)

Best Group Blog- Cooperative Catalyst (I am honored to be one of the contributors to this blog!)

iLearn Technology was nominated for Best Resource Sharing Blog:

I was nominated for two Most influential blog posts – Do you want to form an alliance with me? and Twitter Academy:

iLearn Technology was nominated for best educational tech support blog:

The Reform Symposium (of which I was an organizer) is nominated for Best Educational Webinar Series:

The Reform Symposium was also nominated for Best use of a PLN:

Thank you for the nominations and votes, but more importantly, thank you for the ways that you support and encourage me every single day through comments, tweets, RT’s and sweet notes, I appreciate my readers more than I can say!

Edublog Award Nominations 2010

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It is that time again, Edublog Award nomination.  This is a time of year I look forward to…and dread.  It is a great time to learn about new blogs/educators/resources as the nominations go out, but it is also becoming increasingly difficult for me to nominate.  My Google Reader is packed full of favorites.  I need many more categories than those that edublogs supplies!  After much deliberation, here are my nominations:

Best individual blog- @TheNerdyTeacher http://www.thenerdyteacher.com/ for his epic posts on all things education and pop culture. Saved by the Bell is a favorite.
Best individual tweeter – @ShellTerrell I have no idea how Shelly does it, but she is incredible!
Best group blog – http://coopcatalyst.wordpress.com/ This is an incredible group of educators, I love their individual blogs but when they come together it is magic.
Best new blog – http://gret.wordpress.com I love reading each of Greta’s posts, I am so glad she decided to start a blog!
Best class blog – http://alfordnews.wordpress.com/ Kelly does such a great job with her class blog, I love the way she creates Smilebox creations of what her kiddos are doing to share with parents.
Best resource sharing blog – http://freetech4teachers.com Richard is a resource sharing rock star.
Most influential blog post – http://www.johntspencer.com/2010/02/i-hope-he-stays-lunatic-for-life.html To be fair most of John’s posts are inspirational to me. I think this one sticks out because it reminds me of conversations with my dad about the moon and growing up.
Most influential tweet / series of tweets / tweet based discussion – #cpchat  I have loved seeing this group of administrators come together.
Best teacher blog –@whatedsaid http://whatedsaid.wordpress.com/ Edna always leaves me thinking and working to make myself better. Plus the visual learner in me loves her Toon Doo cartoons for each post!
Best librarian / library blog – My favorite librarian @shannonmmiller http://vanmeterlibraryvoice.blogspot.com/
Best school administrator blog – @gcouros http://georgecouros.ca/blog/ George provides honest reflection and inspiration around every bend.
Best educational tech support blog- http://jasontbedell.com/ Jason did an outstanding series/ebook about tech integration.
Best elearning / corporate education blog – http://thegatewayto21stcenturyskills.blogspot.com/
Best educational webinar series – Reform Symposium (not sure if I am allowed to nominate this one since I was involved, but want to nominate the rest of the awesome team, it was incredible!)
Lifetime achievement – @cybraryman1 Jerry has an incredible collection of knowledge and resources that he has added to for years. It doesn’t matter what you need or are looking for, Jerry always has it at the ready (including personalized birthday webpages).

That is beyond hard for me!  If you want to see who I would nominate if I could include all of my favorites, check out these Google Bundles edublogger alliance 1 and edublogger alliance 2.

Want to nominate your favorites?

In order to nominate blogs for the 2010 Edublog Awards you have to link to them first!

  • Nominations: Close Friday 3 December!
  • Voting: Ends Tuesday 14 December!
  • Award Ceremony: Wednesday 15 December!

1. Write a post on your blog linking to:

You can nominate:

  1. For as many categories as you like,
  2. But only one nomination per category,
  3. A blog (or site) for more than one category
  4. Any blog or site you like but not your own blogs (sites) :)

2. Email edublogs the link to your nomination post

Happy nominating!

iLearn Technology a winner in the 2009 Edublog awards!

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Winner

In a complete unexpected turn of events, iLearn Technology won for Best Educational Tech Support Blog in the 2009 Edublog Awards!  Thank you for all of your nominations and votes.  I am truly humbled.  I was in great company, the other 26 blogs nominated are fabulous.  You can view the results here. First runner up was Langwitches and second runner up was Life Feast.  Both are excellent blogs, if you aren’t already reading them, you should be!

Thank you again, I couldn’t be here without you!

Vote for iLearn Technology in the 2009 edublog awards!

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I am so flattered and excited for iLearn Technology to be included in the 2009 edublog awards this year.  Thank you all for continued support, encouragement, and feedback!

To vote for iLearn Technology visit here.

Don’t forget to vote for all the other excellent education bloggers here.  It is rough competition this year, there are so many talented educators!  If you are new to the world of edublogging, the award lists includes must read blogs to get you started.

Edublog Award Nominations 2009

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The 2009 Edublog Awards

After digging through 60+ feeds in my RSS reader, I have finally narrowed down my nominations for this years Edublog Awards.  It is getting harder and harder to choose my favorites!

Best individual blog– Once Upon a Teacher because like Melanie, I am addicted to learning.
Best individual tweeter– Shelly Terrell because she is always tweeting and retweeting awesome resources for education and keeps the conversation going!
Best new blog- Favorite Parent because all parents should be armed with the power to make the school experience the best it can be.
Best class blog– Miss McMillan’s Blog because of the ways that she engages her students with technology and love.
Best student blog– EDucation ToGoBox because what is better than students recommending edtech?
Best resource sharing blog – Aside from iLearn Technology 🙂 Free Tech for Teachers is a must!  Great resources, especially beneficial for middle and high school.
Most influential blog post– Random Musings because of Mike’s insightful look on education and the changes that must come.

Most influential tweet / series of tweets / tweet based discussion– Hands down Steven Anderson for keeping us all thinking, learning, and involved in change.

Best teacher blog- Math Models– Excellent ideas for the math classroom with step by step application.

Best educational tech support blog– edu.Mac.nation because they understand the genius of Mac and spread that joy around.

Best Library/Librarian blog- TLC = Tech + Library + Classroom because it is an excellent look at books, technology, and learning.
Best elearning / corporate education blog- Love Learning because it is an excellent look at multisensory strategies to reach every child.

Best educational use of audio– Cool Teachers Podcast because Chris always teaches me something new.

Lifetime achievement – 2 cents worth by David Warlick. Have loved reading since I broke into edtech.