Nominations for the 2013 Edublogs Awards

If this post looks very similar to one by Tracy Watanabe, your are correct. We actually do follow many of the same blogs, so no shame for borrowing from her list. Although my list is not identical, nominating any one blog per category is difficult as there are so many bloggers out there contributing great things everyday!

The purpose of the Edublog Awards, or Eddies, is to raise awareness of educational blogging and social media for learning.

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Here are my nominations:

• Best individual blog -- Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog(Linda Yollis)
• Best group blog -- Cougar News Blog (authored completely by 7th & 8th grade students, with the guidance from Journalism Teacher Jason Davis)
• Best new blog -- Salsich Team 5 (Jonah Salsich's Class Blog)
• Best class blog -- Mrs. Hamman's Class Blog(posts are mainly written by the students)
• Best student blog -- Em's Canvas (2nd grade student)
• Best ed tech / resource sharing blog --wwwatanabe (Tracy Watanabe)
• Best teacher blog -- EdTech Workshop (Andrea Hernandez)
• Best library / librarian blog -- Bulldog Reader's Blog (Julie Hembree)
• Best administrator blog -- molehills out of mountains (Jeff Delp)
• Most influential blog post of the year -- My TEDxDesMoines video: From Fear to Empowerment (Scott McLeod)
• Best individual tweeter -- George Couros
• Best twitter hashtag -- #comments4kids (Thanks William Chamberlain!)
• Best free web tool -- Twitter
• Best educational use of audio / video / visual / podcast -- Math Movie Network (math videos created by students with the guidance of Shawn Avery)
• Best open PD / unconference / webinar series -- Classroom 2.0 LIVE!
• Best educational use of a social network -- Student Blogging Challenge
• Best mobile app -- Feedly
• Lifetime achievement -- Sue Wyatt (author/creator of the Student Blogging Challenge)