Lately I have not been able to keep on top of the many RSS feeds that come into my Netvibes account so I have created another tab and entitled it “First reads”. These RSS feeds are to blogs that I consider priority reading and ones I find enriching, challenging and informing.

A blog I would encourage you to watch is an independent educational consultant by the name of Angela Maiers. Angela lives in Iowa and has a PASSION for education. Passionate people do a good job of what they are passionate about and this is what caught my eye when I first read her blog. Have a read of one of her latest posts entitled “Passion – A Difference Maker“.

What bloggers would you recommend?

I love reading blogs that are either visionary, challenging or practical. Here is a blog that is very practical.

Jacqui Sharp is an Educational Consultant who works in Auckland, New Zealand. I’ve never met her but would like to. Her blog:

• is written with tips for teaching junior and senior students (generally a Primary/Elementary focus) .
• shows a strength in incorporating powerpoints into everyday teaching and shares these with you.
• uses web 2.0 tools effectively for teaching and learning eg: Scribd, Bubl.us, Inspiration, Delicious, etc.
• shares a range of sites that will support the following classroom programs: spelling, writing, oral language (and this is only on the first page!).

Click here or on the picture above to visit Jacqui’s blog.