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Edutopia – http://www.edutopia.org/

This was the first site I added to my Google reader and one of the first sites I explored as I started the EMDT program. A must for everyone involved in education, may they be in the administration role, teacher role, parent or even student. I found it to have a great interface that caters to the newbie as well as the seasoned educator. I am certain I can benefit from the knowledge that I acquire from its documentaries, interviews, links to other relevant sites and research, among other resources. Edutopia is the platform that The George Lucas Educational Foundation (GLEF) empowers us in education to aim for better and more state of the art future for all students. I also started subscribing to their site on Twitter.

TED - http://www.ted.com/

A place created where, technology, design and entertainment are joined and endorsed by conferences given by the doers and thinkers of the world. I am absolutely enthralled every time I listen to one of the conferences from their site, I can listen from my computer at home. These conferences given by experts can support many of the subjects taught in school. A new feature of the site is the opportunity to subscribe to their conferences in real time. What a great site to learn from, talk about and hope for a faster future.

T.H.E. Journal - http://thejournal.com/Home.aspx

I stumbled upon this site on my own surfing the Internet and found it to be a great resource for education. This is a site that covers articles and news and trends in education technology, right up the EMDT student’s alley. This site gives me the variety on the type of news that I receive so I can always be up to date for my students. I also think that its longevity (created in 1972) and high circulation, gives me reliability I look for. I can certainly benefit from its product reviews and peer-written articles.

Associated Press - http://www.ap.org/

The Drudge Report - http://www.drudgereport.com/

Who can live without the news? My other two options for my Google reader, and that can never be missing from anyone’s collection either, are two sites that provide news and current information. From the Associated Press website I can read the news and stories contributed from different and many sources such as radio, television and newspapers. It is considered one of the most reliable and complete sources of news and points of view in the United States. I also chose the Drudge Report website because it provides me with an aggregation of news in one unique website. With a more conservative point of view, I enjoy its daring journalism as some of their stories are written from tips that their journalists receive. They were the first to break the news of Monica Lewinsky scandal after another paper decided not to publish the story. In my view, this makes them a proactive and most updated source of news. This will certainly give a well rounded prospective of the world to share with my students.