Thing #14 Technorati Part 2

So I got my blog claimed on Technorati and poked around a bit. It does seem to be a great tool for finding blogs. I used it over the weekend to help me search for blogs about jailbreaking my old iPhone and why my battery was draining so fast. Apparently my OpenSSH was on and drawing huge amounts of power. I was able to pinpoint the problem and fix it and now the battery is lasting many times longer than it did before I jailbroke it.

I am also gratified to see that Google also lets me do a blog search in a similar manner. Those who know me know that I do love love all things Google.

The tagging is a terrific tool to help you organize your own ___________. (Fill in the blank: blog posts, photos, stories, etc.). I can see great advantages especially when you reach the critical mass of items at which point it is no longer really realistic to just browse through looking for stuff.

I can't see any real disadvantages, other than it goes against our basic human laziness to have to consistently tag stuff. That seems like a pretty lame reason not to do it.

Now I just have to remember to tag for Technorati and figure out what tags I want to use.

Technorati Tags
MoreauLearningWeb2.0
iPhone

Thing #9, Week #4: New Found Classroom Blogs

Here's a look at some new and not so new blogs that I dug up on Technorati and a few other places.

• Throughlines -- When I first started reading this blog the author, Bruce Shauble, was chair of the English Dept. at Punahou School in Honolulu. I stopped reading for a while and when I returned I found he is now the Director of Instruction. He's a teacher, artist, photographer and an incredibly thought provoking writer. Well worth reading.


• The Thinking Stick -- This blog by Jeff Utrect from the International School in Bangkok has an abundance of great info about educational technology, curricular design and 21st Century skills.


• Education.Change.Org -- Part of the larger Change.Org site, this group blog features lead blogger Clay Burell, an Apple Distinguished Educator and humanities teacher who is passionate about 21st Century school reform.


• Practical Theory -- Chris Lehmann is the principal of the Science Leadership Academy,  an inquiry-driven, project-based high school focused on 21st century learning that opened its doors in 2006 in Philadelphia. Very exciting things are happening there including the most recent EduCon Conference.