EduBlog Awards是教育领域最草根和最具影响力的奖项,自2004年以来,每年EduBlog都会提名投票和发布获奖名单。EduBlog Awards的目的在于促进和展示这些社会性媒介的教育价值(to promote and demonstrate the educational values of these social media)。这些获奖博客网站经历了三个阶段之后,才被遴选出来。这三个阶段分别是:提名、投票、获奖。提名阶段每年大约自11月开始,任何人都可以提名自己喜爱的教育博客网站。提名者需要先将自己提名的博客网站发布到自己的博客上,并将其链接到EduBlog网站。12月开始进行投票,12月中旬开始在线发布获奖名单。
2012年的奖项包括:最佳个人博客(Best individual blog)、最佳个人推特(Best individual tweeter)、最佳群组博客(Best group blog)、最佳新闻博客(Best new blog)、最佳班级博客(Best class blog)、最佳学生博客(Best student blog)、最佳教育技术/资源分享博客(Best ed tech / resource sharing blog)、最具影响力博客文章(Most influential blog post)、最佳推特(Best twitter hashtag)、最佳教师博客(Best teacher blog)、最佳图书馆员/推书馆博客(Best librarian / library blog)、最佳学校管理者博客(Best School Administrator blog)、最佳免费网络工具(Best free web tool)、最佳音频/视频/视觉教育应用(Best educational use of audio / video / visual)、最佳教育维基(Best educational wiki)、最佳教育播客(Best educational podcast)、最佳开放播客/非会议/Webinar系列(Best open PD / unconference / webinar series)、最佳社会性网络教育应用(Best educational use of a social network)、终身成就奖(Lifetime achievement)等19个奖项。
2012年度获得EduBlog Awards最佳教育技术/资源分享博客(Best ed tech / resource sharing blog)奖的是Free Technology for Teachers-Richard Byrne。获得最具影响力博客文章(Most influential blog post)奖的是:Jaden’s Awesome Blog – Ten things I’ve learned from blogging。更多获奖信息,请访问http://edublogawards.com/。
获得最佳教育技术/资源分享博客提名入围的33家博客网站分别是:
- Hack Education – Audrey Watters
- Cool Tools for 21st Century Learners – Susan Oxnevad
- Cool Cat Teacher – Vicki Davis
- Doug Belshaw’s Open Educational Thinkering
- Educational Technology and mobile learning
- Doug off the record – Doug Peterson
- Educational Technology Guy – David Andrade
- Edudemic
- Edukwest
- Edutopia
- Free Technology for Teachers – Richard Byrne
- Gridjumper’s Blog
- Ideas and Thoughts – Dean Shareski
- iLearn Technology – Kelly Tenkely
- Integrating Tech in the Primary Classroom – Kathleen Morris
- Kleinspiration – Erin Klein
- Langwitches Blog – Silvia Tolisano
- Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day
- Middleweb
- MindShift
- Nik’s Learning Technology Blog – Nik Peachey
- Nik’s QuickShout – Nik Peachey
- Ozge Karaoglu’s Blog
- Pediastaff
- Speech Techie – Sean J. Sweeney
- Teacher Reboot Camp – Shelly Terrell
- TechChef4u
- Technology Enhanced Learning Blog – David Hopkins
- Technology Tidbits – David Kapuler
- The Frog Blog
- The Innovative Educator – Lisa Nielsen
- The Web 2.0 Connected Classroom – Steven W. Anderson
- wwwatanabe – Tracy Watanabe