I’m adding this infographic to The Best Sources Of Advice For Teachers (And Others!) On How To Be Better Bloggers:

I’ve often posted about Middleweb and it’s on more “Best” lists than you can shake a stick at. It’s a constant treasure trove of resources.

They’ve just put together a great guide to online educational resources called Our Favorite Middle Grades Sites, and they’ll be continually updating it.

In order to get it, they ask that you subscribe to their free twice-a-week “Smartbrief” email newsletter, which is a must-read anyway. You can subscribe at that resource link. They have an honor system at the site so that present subscribers can also download it. But, really, there’s no reason not to subscribe…..

Sue Waters has just posted easy instructions on how to transfer Posterous blogs to Edublogs.

Check out Migrating your Posterous site to Edublogs.

This year’s Edublog Award winners were announced last night.

Check-out the list here and learn about some worthy new blogs to explore….

I usually “virtually” attend the Edublogs Awards ceremony each year — it’s a lot of fun to connect in the chat window with bloggers and twitterers from around the world, and to hear actual voices!

I’m probably going to miss it this year, though, because of school and basketball commitments, but I’m still going to try to make at least part of it.

Here’s the info on the event:

We will (virtually) meet in Blackboard Collaborate to announce the winners and celebrate together.

Winners that are present will have a chance to say a few words as well, so be prepared!

When: Wednesday, December 12th at 7pm EST (see in your timezone here)

Where: Click on this link here and you will be taken there. We’ll arrive around 30 minutes early to get  setup.

And stick around for the after-party to meet up with your favorite bloggers and celebrate another exciting year!

The finalists have been announced for the 2012 Edublog Awards! You can see who they are and vote for them here. Voting ends on December 12th.

I am a finalist in several categories, and I thank those of you who nominated me.

However, I would prefer that, instead of voting for me, you vote for those who I nominated.  Just as a reminder, here they are again:

Best individual blog — The Tempered Radical

Best group blog –TransformEd

Best new blog — Diane Ravitch

Best ed tech / resource sharing blog — Middleweb

Best teacher blog — Alice Mercer

Best administrator blog — Chris Wejr

Most influential blog post — A Significant Error That Policymakers Commit by Larry Cuban

Best individual tweeter — NYTimesLearning

Best twitter hashtag — #PTchat

Best free web tool — Marqueed

Best educational use of a social network — EFL Classroom 2.0

Best mobile app — Skqueak

Lifetime achievement — Sue Waters

I posted earlier today that nominations for this year’s Edublogs Awards are now open. Here are mine:

Best individual blog — The Tempered Radical

Best group blog –TransformEd

Best new blog — Diane Ravitch

Best ed tech / resource sharing blog — Middleweb

Best teacher blog — Alice Mercer

Best administrator blog — Chris Wejr

Most influential blog post — A Significant Error That Policymakers Commit by Larry Cuban

Best individual tweeter — NYTimesLearning

Best twitter hashtag — #PTchat

Best free web tool — Marqueed

Best educational use of a social network — EFL Classroom 2.0

Best mobile app — Skqueak

Lifetime achievement — Sue Waters

It’s that time of year again….to nominate your favorite education-related blogs or social media sites for the Edublog Awards.

This is an annual event that’s a great way to discover new bloggers and social media sites that are worth reading/using.

You have until November 26th to make your nominations, and can learn about the process here.

I’ll be posting my own nominations soon…

I might be wrong, but I think August was the first month since I began writing this blog when 100,000 visits were made here. It may have happened at some other times when I didn’t notice, but I don’t think so….

Those visits are in addition to the 15,000 – 25,000 people who subscribe to this blog (Feedburner’s numbers change every day) daily and read its content via RSS Reader or email.

I’m glad people are finding it helpful….

I’ve posted some fairly interesting pieces at my Engaging Parents In School blog over the past week or two.

You might want to take a look….

Edublogs, the platform hosting this blog and two million others, is celebrating its seventh birthday today!

It’s been hosting this blog since I began writing it five-and-a-half years ago. I think it’s the best place for any teacher or student to write a blog.

I hope Edublogs has many more years ahead of it….

Sue Waters, the idol of and guru for edubloggers everywhere, has just posted “The State of Educational Blogging in 2012″ over at the Edublogger.

It was a huge task to collect and analyze several hundred surveys, and Sue has done a masterful job and bringing it all together. If you are a blogger and/or thinking of having your students blog, Sue’s post is a must-read.

I’m adding it to The Best Sources Of Advice For Teachers (And Others!) On How To Be Better Bloggers.

Three pieces of important information related to the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival:

* As regular readers know, Sharon Turner posted the 29th edition of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival on July 1st.  It’s theme is to represent future visions, perspectives and warnings of all kinds pertaining to English Language Education.  Sharon has continue to receive, and accept, posts on that topic submitted after the deadline, and several additional ones have been posted this past week.  So, check them out and Sharon will continue to accept contributions until the end of July.

* David Deubelbeiss is hosting the next ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival — the 30th edition — on August 1st!

Here’s how he’s describing it:

The theme for this blog carnival is The Best Posts For Helping New Teachers. September is a start for many new teachers and we hope your blog submissions will help many new or even well honed teachers with ideas.

Submit the blog post URL on his Contact form including a note about it if you wish. The deadline for entries in by July 31st.

* And, last but not least, let me know if you might be interested in hosting a future edition.  We’ve had thirty over the past five-and-a-half years!

You can see all the previous editions of the ESL/EFL/ELL Blog Carnival here.