My first links

Still catching up on mentioning links:

Edwize

Edwize, the UFT’s blog site, was what began to drag me in. Last fall we were debating the new UFT contract, and I stumbled on the site, and there was open discussion, fairly boisterous mostly, of the issues. I read. I discussed a little. I followed links. And I kept reading and discussing even after the contract was approved (I was opposed. You can read all about it if you like on this page and its links.)

I even wrote for Edwize on a few occasions. Met the administrator, who encouraged me to blog. And, after a few months of hemming and hawing, I started.

NYC Educator

As I got caught up in the contract debates, I learned that some of the debaters maintained their own blogs. I started visiting NYC Educator’s blog and found it well-written, entertaining, at times strident, but overall thorougly enjoyable and sometimes thought-provoking. This was my first evidence that these things didn’t have to be silly. It is still one of my most regular reads.

Frizzle

Ms. Frizzle belongs to a different category. She weaves life and Bronx middle school science teaching into a very nice, respected, well-written, smart blog. And, as I understand it, a blog that is fairly widely read (in the context of teacher blogs). She includes robotics, school-discipline, NY street stuff, education politics, and other stuff in ways that make you just want to read. Lately we have been following her acceptance into a Fulbright teacher exchange program. Go Frizzle.