Some physics educators may be interested in a recent compilation
"Over Two-Hundred Education & Science Blogs [Hake (2009)].
The abstract reads:
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ABSTRACT: This compilation, an expansion of the earlier "Over Sixty
Education Blogs," lists over two-hundred education and science blogs,
providing for each blog: the author's name and background; the blog
title, focus, and URL; and (where available) the Technorati Authority
[TA] (number of blogs linking to the website in the last six months)
and the Blogged Rating [BR]. Appendix A discusses the Academic
Discussion List Sphere (ADLsphere) and the Blog Sphere (Blogosphere),
indicating some strengths and weaknesses of each. Appendix B
considers the ADLsphere and the Blogosphere as harbingers of a
collective short-term working memory. Appendix C discusses the
International Edubloggers Directory, Technorati, Blogged,
ScienceBlogs; other blog directories and lists; and other social
networking sites. The REFERENCES contain over 100 general citations
to open access, internet usage, the ADLsphere, and the Blogosphere.
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Among the blogs that might be of interest to physics educators are:
Leslie ATKINS (Assistant Professor of Physics, California State
University, Chico) - Science
Thinking Summaries, quotes and thoughts on articles and talks in
science education, physics
education, and scientific inquiry. Particular interests in discourse
and analogy in science
classrooms: <http://sciencethinking.blogspot.com/>.
Ian BEATTY (educational researcher) - think twice, thinking about
thought, perception,
communication, learning, culture, and the human condition:
<http://ianbeatty.com/blog/>.
Philip BELL (Associate Professor of the Learning Sciences, University
of Washington) - How
We Learn: Research, News & Perspectives; provides a stream of
information on how people
learn. The focus is on cognitive, sociocultural, developmental, and
neurobiological research and
related news: <http://how-we-learn.blogspot.com/>.
Derek BRUFF ("assistant director of the Vanderbilt Center for
Teaching and a senior lecturer in
the Vanderbilt Department of Mathematics) - Teaching with Classroom
Response Systems,
Resources for engaging and assessing students with clickers
<http://derekbruff.com/teachingwithcrs/>.
Stephanie Viola CHASTEEN ("I am a physicist, writer, podcaster, and
educator in Boulder, CO.
On this blog I get to wax on about science stuff I think is cool
(like weird science, or stuff we
think is true but isn't), K-12 science education, hands-on science
activities, teaching pedagogy,
and how to communicate science.") - sciencegeekgirl, the intersection
of science, education,
communication, and me: <http://sciencegeekgirl.wordpress.com/>.
Doug HOLTON (Dept. of Instructional Technology & Learning Sciences, Utah
State University) -
(a) EdTechDev, developing educational technology:
<http://edtechdev.blogspot.com/> .
(b) Educational Research Journals, table of contents for various
educational and psychological
journals: <http://edresearchjournals.blogspot.com/>.
Michael NIELSEN (physicist, writer, and co-author of Quantum
Computation and Quantum
Information <http://michaelnielsen.org/qcqi/>) - Social software &
Future of Science:
<http://michaelnielsen.org/blog/>. See also Nielsen (2008; 2009a,b,c,d) in the
REFERENCES list of Hake (2009).
Jennifer OUELLETTE with regular contributors Allyson Beatrice, Calla
Cofield, Lee Kottner,
Diandra Leslie-Pelecky, & M.G. Lord - Cocktail Party Physics, Physics
With a Twist, serving
up science and culture with a splash of wit:
<http://twistedphysics.typepad.com/>.
Bob PARK [". . . is professor of physics and former chair of the
Department of Physics at the
University of Maryland. . . . in 1983 he was recruited . . . . to
open a Washington Office of the
American Physical Society. Bob initiated a weekly report of
happenings in Washington that were
important to science, and with the development of the internet, the
weekly report evolved into
the news/editorial column What's New. . . . . . In 2003 he returned
to the University full time. . .he continues to write the
occasionally controversial What's New, which has developed a
following that extends beyond physics. He is the author of Voodoo
Science: The Road from
Foolishness to Fraud (<http://tinyurl.com/d7kx6g>, Oxford, 2000) and
Superstition: Belief in the Age of Science
(<http://tinyurl.com/cg7apo>, Princeton, 2008)"] - What's New:
<http://bobpark.physics.umd.edu/>.
Mark H. SHAPIRO (physicist and Emeritus Professor, California State
University at Fullerton) -
The Irascible Professor, Irreverent Commentary on the State of
Education in America Today:
<http://www.irascibleprofessor.com/>.
Mano SINGHAM (theoretical physicist and Director of Case's University
Center for Innovation
in Teaching and Education) - Mano Singham's Web Journal, Thoughts on
science, history and
philosophy of science, religion, politics, the media, education,
learning, books, and films:
<http://blog.case.edu/singham/>.
Michael WITTMANN (Associate Professor of Physics, Univ. of Maine,
physics education
researcher) - PERticles, small notes on articles of relevance to
Physics Education Research from a vast array of journals:
<http://perticles.blogspot.com/>.