EDUCATION

 Each blog is scored on four components:

  • Social Reach: The combined social shares on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Facebook of the ten most recent posts, as well as the blog's main domain.
  • Activity: The frequency at which the blog posts articles.
  • Authority: Measured by the number of inbound links to the blog.
  • Teach Score: This is a subject score that measures how media is used on the blog, the relevancy of the topics, and the overall presentation of the blog.

Anyone can submit a blog they find helpful or educational, whether it's one you write on or one that you follow, and Teach.com will score it and list it on their site (they currently have 638 blogs listed). According to Teach100, here are the top ten education blogs to follow, and what content you can find on them.

1) Inside Higher Ed

This is a great source of content for anyone in higher education, including those looking for jobs. They have sections including Admissions, Books, Technology, Career Advice, and Diversity. They also offer a number of webinars and research in the higher ed space. Their most recent study was on Federal Accountability and Financial Pressure which surveyed college and university presidents.

2) The Learning Network 

This blog is under the New York Times umbrella. Their main audiences are teachers, students, and parents that want to use the NYTs content as inspiration for teaching materials. Teachers can use the section "Text to text" as lesson plans in areas such as American History, Civics, Current Events, and Social Studies.

Students can also comment on stories in the Student Opinion section, as long as they're 13 years or older. 

3) Edutopia

Edutopia is part of The George Lucas Educational Foundation. The blog's focus is on k-12 educators and students. It's two main purposes are to produce content that improves learning and engages students and to "collaborate with researchers, teachers, and curriculum experts" to advance the field of project-based learning.

Recent content includes topics like "How to Help Adolescents Online Evaluation" and "Teaching K-8 Finanical Literacy: A Case Study."

4) Classroom 2.0

This blog is focused on bringing social media and web 2.0 into the classroom. It's not just a destination for content, but also acts as a social network for educators that are looking to learn more about integrating online strategies into their classrooms. They have groups at different schools that you can join and interact with, as well as many educational videos. They have over 78,000 members from 199 countrie

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