Reflective Blog #1

Successful Teaching
Host:  Patricia Hensely

http://successfulteaching.blogspot.com/

Successful Teaching is a blog with tips for teachers to use in their classroom and dealing with colleagues and parents.  This blog is very scrunched and LONG!  I think it would have been better for the creator to spread things out so that the eye has more room to look.  The colors are very simple and bland.  The text is on a white background.  I don't think I would recommend this blog to other educators.  It seems a bit chaotic.

Mrs. Frandsen's Class
http://missfrandsensclass.blogspot.com/

Mrs. Frandsen's Class blog is just AWESOME!  There are so many useful tools on this blog for any and all educators to use!  The colors are eye-catching and the way things are laid on the blog page is easy for the eyes to follow.  There are not a lot of things going on that an individual would become distracted by.  There are great videos on this blog too!  I would definitely recommend this blog to other educators and I might just use it someday in my own classroom as a reference.

Free Technology for Teachers
http://freetech4teachers.com/

This blog seems to be more of a Technology 101 course for educators.  It gives informational facts to teach those individuals who may want to create a blog or classroom webpage.  The colors are very plain, but the text is eye appealing.  There are a TON of gadgets, which is not overpowering for the blog itself.  I would recommend this blog to educators because it could potentially help them to creat a classroom webpage where parents can interact with their child, as well as their teacher.  The best part about this blog is that the technology that can be used is FREE! :)

Ask a Tech Teacher
http://askatechteacher.wordpress.com/

At first this blog struct me as a bit strange, but after looking through it there are some great resources for teachers to use.  The creator of this blog has been teaching for 15 years and she created this blog to get in touch with her students.  She has put tabs on the top of her blog for her resources to other individuals, for example; lesson plans.  There are multiple gadgets on this blog that can lead you to different topics.  This blog has some Q&A blog posts, along with helpful technology tips to educators.  After looking closely into this blog, I would recommend this blog to other educators.

Math Video Blog
http://www.math-videos-online.com/free-math-videos-online-blog.html

I would have to say that this blog was my favorite of the five I chose.  My concentration in my Bachelor's Degree program is math, so as a future educator I know this blog will be of EXCELLENT help to me! :).  This blog is very simple and has just a touch of color to it.  There are many links to all different types of math problems, games, activities, lesson plans, etc.  There doesn't appear to be any gadgets.  The only thing I would add or change to this blog is to bring more color into the blog.  Make math look exciting!  I would defnitely recommend this blog to any educator, but especially all the math teachers out there!