Our wonderful judges narrowed down the field of over 115 unique education blogs and it is now time for the public to vote.  From Monday, June 18th, 2012 to 11:59pm EST on Friday, June 22nd, 2012, voting will take place for the 2012 Really Good Education Blog Awards.  Vote for your favorite in each category:

Unless your education blog is your sole source of income, spending more than 5-10 minutes analyzing your analytics each week can be unnecessary.  Analytics, or the stats on your blog, will give you an idea of how many people have seen your blog, what they have looked at, and how they got there.  Why is
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You know your students will be online this summer, so why not help parents by giving them a list of websites that are “Teacher-Approved” for summer fun.  The 10 sites below are kid-friendly and geared toward learning.  Do you have a favorite site that you send your students to?  Share it in the comments below!

Nominations for the 2012 Really Good Education Blog Awards are now over and for the next few weeks some amazing educators will look through the nominated blogs to pick the top five in each category.  We are pleased to introduce you to the 2012 Really Good Education Blog Award Judges who are listed alphabetically below.
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How wonderful blogging would be if we simply built our blog and it became an instant success.  The reality is that blogging is work and marketing your blog is just as important as anything else you do.  If your purpose for blogging is simply to connect with your students’ parents, there is no need to
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Today’s Teaching Blog 101 Series article is all about Networking.  Watch the short video below for tips and tricks on how to make the best impression and find teachers with whom to network.  

If you could not make it to the 2012 International Reading Association (IRA) Convention in Chicago, IL on April 29-May 2, you missed out on some great new products and ideas. Not to fear, I scoured the exhibitor hall and discovered some wonderful things to share with you. Check out my top five finds from
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Updated 6/18/12:  Vote HERE for the Finalists in the 2012 Really Good Education Blog Awards!  Voting ends Friday, June 22, 2012 at 11:59pm EST. Updated 5/29/12:  Meet the Judges for the 2012 Really Good Education Blog Awards! Updated 5/28/12:  Nominations for the 2012 Really Good Education Blog Awards are now closed.  Voting begins on June 18th, 2012.  
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Have you started your teaching blog yet?  How is it going?  If you are like many new bloggers, you want to get all of the bells and whistles going immediately.  After all, you have probably been spending time perusing some of the education and even non-education blogs on the web to get ideas for what
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Have you ever wondered what makes people come back to a blog?  Is it the platform, the colors, the design, the template, the cutesy characters on the sidebar that draws in thousands of visitors?  The answer is no, it is none of those things.  The number one reason why people return to blogs is because
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