Ever thought of using a blog to enhance your classroom?  

Or perhaps you have one and are looking for some awesome ideas to bring your blog (and classroom!) to life. 
Here are 15 examples that come out of just ONE of the 100′s of digital teacher workbooks inside of our Teacher Learning Community.  
Meet the Author
When reading a work written by a contemporary author, invite the writer to interact with your students using a blog. Ask students to brainstorm and post questions and comments about the text for the author …

The Bunnies want YOU – We’re looking for Guest Bloggers to share their thoughts, advice and expertise with our readers.  Whether you’re a seasoned blogger or just getting started, here’s a great opportunity to showcase your work.  The content of your post is up to you – but it must be related to the field of education.
Guest Bloggers will be introduced to our readers – over 50,000 teachers and education leaders around the world.  Our readers are used to receiving good, quality content so we’ll be selecting the …

Greetings from the newest “I Heart EdTech” blogger!  Hi, I’m Grace.  I’ve just joined the SimpleK12 team and couldn’t be more excited to learn, grow, and share with you.  Here’s a little bit about myself, I hope you will introduce yourself below in the comments.
Born and raised in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, I have a heart of gold…and purple.  That’s right; I am a graduate from Louisiana State University (Geaux Tigers!) where I studied Communications.   I have a passion for writing and communicating – especially with social media and the web.  …

Whether you were able to attend the EduBlogger Con/ISTE10 or not, if you are reading this post and are in my PLN, I have a challenge for you.
I firmly believe that you, yes YOU, have a deep responsibility to make a difference in the future of education.  We are thought leaders.  We are technology embracers.  We “get it.”
What about all of the other educators, school leaders, and administrators who don’t?  (Ok…I guess I also have to add “vendor” to this too even though, oddly enough, I never think of myself …

Did I expect collaboration? Yes. Did I expect connections? Yes. Did I expect controversy? No. But I experienced them all. Will I ever go back to EduBlogger Con and is it worth your time? Read this post to find out…
Collaboration.
Let’s start here. This is an aspect of the EduBlogger Con that I believe traditional conferences, because of their size and structure, cannot fully harness. (Just one reason why we’ve worked so hard to create the EdTech UNconference.) Instead of cramming attendees into a room to sit and listen to one …

Wow!
Yowsa!
What a great thrill it was for all of us @Simplek12 to learn that we were included, at position 5 even, on the Top 100 Technology Blogs for Teachers list created by Online Degrees.

And, more importantly, what a great resource this list is… I’d pass this baby along to any teacher in your network who wants to stay up to date (or get there!) with integrating technology in the classroom.
Cool list; check ‘er out.

Thanks to Memorial Day, this week has been a short one and Friday has snuck up on us even faster than usual, but never fear! Here are my favorite edtech highlights:
Blog Posts:
10 free blogging tools for teachers By Karen Schweitzer guest blogging for Nik Peachey (@nikpeachey)
26 Learning Games to Change the World By Jeff Cobb (@missiontolearn)
10 Obligations Of Bloggers By Terry Freedman (@terryfreedman)
Sync Your Outlook and Google Calendar with Google Calendar Sync By How-To Geek (@howtogeek)
Controlled Social Networking for Student Collaboration By Alvin Trusty (@alvintrusty)

#Follow Friday – …