Serving students and helping other teachers are two great honors of my life. Yet, some of you have never been to my blog, so you want to know what others think of me. I’ve put some of the awards here for those of you who want to see them.
It is an honor to have an award winning teacher blog and to be recognized on Twitter, Pinterest, and other places as well.
Finalist for Best Teacher Blog, Edublog Awards 2006-2015 – Winner 2008
- 20 best Pinterest Boards about Education and Technology – October 2012
- 50 Education Leaders worth following on Twitter – October 2012
- 25 Education Blogs Perfect for Parents (and Just About Anyone Else) August 2012
- 100 Helpful Blogs for School Librarians (and Teachers) July 2012
- 50 Must-See Teacher Blogs Chosen by You: Best of 2011 Edudemic
- Named as a topedublogger by the London Times – July 2008.
- Wikispaces Wiki of the Month December 2005;
- Edublog Finalist for Best Teacher Blog 2006,
- Edublog Finalist for Best Teacher Blog 2007;
- Finalist Edutopia’s Totally Wired teacher Award 2007;
- 2008 Finalist for the Leaders in Learning Award
- Guests on the ISTE Eduverse Talks show, April 2009. Filmed and broadcast from Second Life, the series highlights innovations in educational technology, in both real life and Second Life. http://www.iste-eduverse.org/blog/iste-eduverse-talks-episode-5.html
Keynote presenters for K12 Online Conference 2008 in the ‘Kicking it up a notch’
Started in March 2013, Every Classroom Matters was named an Edublog finalist for best podcast or hangout. in 2013. Every Classroom Matters
section.http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=293
- Included in Thomas Friedman’s 3rd edition of The World is Flat, (Julie and Vicki collabo
rated with Friedman online to write the excerpt in the chapter called ‘If it’s not happening then it’s because you’re not doing it’)featured extensively in ISTE’s recent book publication Reinventing Project Based Learning: Your field guide to real-world projects in the digital age by Suzie Boss and Jane Krauss- Featured in the book by Laurence Peters ‘Global Education: Using Technology to Bring the World to Your Students’
- Featured in the book by Curtis Bonk ‘The World is Open: How Web technology is Revolutionizing Education’
- The Horizon Project
- Finalist Edublog Best Wiki in Education 2007
- included in Don Tapscott’s book Grown Up Digital, November 2008
Wikis
Edublog award nominations are a short list of worthy candidates as determined by voting, nominations, and review by the Edublog Awards. Here are the awards won by wikis I’ve co-created:
- Flat Classroom™ ProjectFIRST PLACE in the Best Wiki 2008 and 2006
Thank you to those who nominated this blog as the best blog in education written by an individual author.
- Horizon Project – Finalist 2007
- Westwood Class Wiki – Finalist 2010
Social Networks
- Flat Classroom™ Project SHORT-LISTED (September 2009) for a World Innovation Summit for Education award in the pluralism section. http://www.wise-qatar.org/
Projects
- Flat Classroom™ ProjectFIRST PLACE in the Taking IT Global collaborative project contest 2007
- Flat Classroom™ Project FIRST PLACE in the SIGTel Online Learning Awards for 2007. Special Interest Group Telelearning is part of ISTE (International Society for Technology in Education). The SIGTel Online Learning Awards recognize international innovation.
- Flat Classroom™ Project SHORT-LISTED (September 2009) for a World Innovation Summit for Education award in the pluralism section. http://www.wise-qatar.org/
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