Thing #4

I have chosen to follow Kim Burnard's, Stephanie Welfare's, and Michelle Parson's blog from our class.  I chose these blogs because I have had classes with these fine folks before, and I like them.  :)    Also from our class, I have chosen to follow Elsa Leininger and Emily Mount.  I did not know these fellow students; so, I thought it would be a great way to get to know them.  As far as the other two blogs, I chose Barto's World.  This blog was found on the 100 Best Blogs for Teachers list.  Barto's World is written by Amy Barto who is a learning disability specialist.  Since I do not have very much experience with learning disabilities, I thought this would be an interesting and educational spot.  After searching the other blogs from the 100 Best list, I was not really interested in any of the other 99 (guess I'm kinda picky).  So, I googled biology blog and found one!  I found MJ's Human Biology Blog.  It is written by Dr. Michael Johnson.  He discusses recent news from scientific journals concerning human biology.  I also like how specific topics concerning biology are off to the side.  Since Biology is my subject area, I thought this site would be helpful.  Here is the link. 

http://humanbiologyblog.blogspot.com/


I have posted on my five instructional technology peers' blogs.  Basically at this point, the comments were just, "hello, nice to meet you, etc."  By posting, one helps build a sense of community and cause the realization that someone "out there" is actually reading their written word .  And obviously, there wouldl not be any interaction if no one posts.  From reading about blogs, I learned that the blogger should post questions to encourage responses, and I agree with the statement that all involved with blogging should "mind their manners." 

Hasta la vista! Leslie