It�s an Honor Just to be Nominated (again)

Update 12-9-07: I'd like to thank the Academy . . .


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The 2007 Edublogs Award nominations were announced over the weekend. They have expanded to 14 categories this year � I encourage you to check them out � there are again quite a few blogs that I haven�t looked at before. Vote early, vote often.




Yes, this blog was nominated again this year, this time for Most Influential Blog Post (for Is It Okay To Be A Technologically Illiterate Teacher? � I did not see that one coming). Much like last year�s nomination, I feel honored to be in such good company. Also much like last year�s nomination, I think I might rank my post as #5 out of 5 in the category (but at least it�s in the top five!).

Don�t get me wrong, I think we�re doing good stuff around here and the conversations around that post were helpful as we explore how best to meet the needs of our students. But the other four posts in this category are stellar � I encourage you to read them:

• Gone Fischin� - from Scott McLeod�s blog Dangerously Irrelevant. (OK, I might be a little biased about this one.)
  



• How to Prevent Another Leonardo da Vinci - from Kris Bradburn�s blog Wandering Ink.
  



• How to Grow a Blog - from Konrad Glogowski�s Blog of Proximal Development.
  



• The Ripe Environment - from Ben Wilkoff�s blog Discourse about Discourse.

Now, I will admit that it�s nice to see that three of those posts have a Colorado connection (mine, Scott�s and Ben�s) � apparently we have an outsized influence on the world (well, at least the edublog world). That fits in nicely with this year�s New Year�s resolution.

Thanks to all of you who nominated the post, whoever you are. Don�t forget to vote (and more importantly, check out all the thought-provoking blogs)!