A journey into learning

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I don’t want to miss the opportunity to nominate people I have so much to thank for:

Best individual blog: http://teacherbootcamp.edublogs.org/

Shelly’s been everything I have ever expected from a friend, a colleague. I’ve learnt from her more than from any teacher of mine. She’s a constant source of information, inspiration and fun.

Best individual tweeter: http://twitter.com/rliberni

Bernadette (@rliberni) engages with discussions, shares great resources. She is a real community builder.

Best group blog: http://www.makeuseof.com/

Great people writing great reviews of fantastic resources. Quirky, useful, interesting. Love it.

Best new blog: http://kenwilsonelt.wordpress.com/

Ken fits into so many of these categories, that’s it’s hard to decide which one to nominate him for. He is an inspiring educator, he is selfless sharer of experience and his knowledge. The blog is extra work in his already busy social, family and professional life, and still, he does a great job with love, honesty dedication many of us admire him for.

Best resource sharing blog: http://www.freetech4teachers.com/

Richard Byrne offers and amazing array of resources. He tries and the recommends resources which make teaching more effective, and learning more fun.

Most influential blog post: http://burcuakyol.com/?p=280

Spread your knowledge series on Burcu Akyol’s fantastic blog.

Most influential tweet / series of tweets / tweet based discussion: #edchat

Sensational conversations between educators every Tuesday.

Best teacher blog: http://ozgekaraoglu.edublogs.org

Ozge is a phenomenal YL educator and source of information, camaraderie and inspiration.

Best librarian / library blog: http://theunquietlibrarian.wordpress.com/

Buffy Hamilton’s blog is an insipration for educators, whichever facet of education they are involved in.

Best educational tech support blog: http://help.edublogs.org/

This has to be edublogs’ support team. they always have an answer before you ask the question. The help is accessible, useful and hands-on.

Best elearning / corporate education blog: http://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/

I love the Macmillan Dictionaries and the blog – Kerry Maxwell’s posts are a delight for everyone: teachers, students, and lovers of the English language.

Best educational use of audio: http://www.breakingnewsenglish.com/

Sean Banville has been doing an amazing job in all his other blogs. One of the best features of this great blog is that there is an audio with every lesson plan which makes using the materials even more varied, interesting and relevant.

Best educational use of video / visual: http://www.teflclips.com/

Jamie Kaddie’s TEFL clips site is a great source of fun and learning.

Best educational wiki: http://theinnovativeeducator.wikispaces.com/

Lisa Michelle Nielsen’s wiki is a great source of information and collaboration.

Best educational use of a social networking service: http://www.facebook.com/pages/E-Teachers-Academy/112414017496

Kirsten Winkler’s initiative is admirable and inspiring for everyone interested in education and doing it online. She uses social networking effectively, and creatively to involve and engage educators.

Best educational use of a virtual world: Edunation http://slurl.com/secondlife/Edunation%20III/202/27/21/

I’m still new on Second Life but Edunation has already proven itself an ultimate destination.

Lifetime achievement: Gavin Dudeney: http://slife.dudeney.com

Gavin has encouraged, helped and supported educators through his blog, his books, his tweets, his courses, conference talks. He represents many of the disappearing educator characteristics: passion, honesty and dedication.

This is not a definitive list, there is so many more people I should credit for all their amazing work:

Aniya, the English teacher

Lindsay

Scott

Marisa

Karenne

What is truly amazing about this list is that 5 months ago I only knew about 3 people on it.

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2 Responses to “My Edublog Awards 2009 nominations”

December 7th, 2009 at 12:34
Gavin Dudeney says:

Blimey Tamas,

I’m honoured, I surely am – not just for the lifetime thing (which, apart from being a great accolade, makes me feel very old indeed!), but also for the EduNation part, which has been a huge and rewarding project over the last three years. That’s a hell of a list to be part of – thank you!

Gavin
December 9th, 2009 at 15:00
Shelly Terrell says:

Tamas,

Thank you! You’re an incredible friend and support as well! This is amazing that you only knew two and now know most of these amazing people. I had not thought about it but it is the same for me, except I did not know any of them including you. Thank you for pointing out how incredibly awesome social media has been!