Recap: Women in the edublogosphere 2007

January 10, 2008

this cup says 'smart women thirst for knowledge'This could be a post about Canadian bloggers, or Australian bloggers, or male bloggers, or under-30 bloggers or bloggers with webbed feet…whatever. But it’s not. It’s a post about women bloggers (mostly in the education space), a topic I wrote about several times last year. So hear me roar already (or is that al-’reddy’).

When I first started blogging early in ’07 I felt there weren’t that many female bloggers. I thought it was just like the conference thing. In case you haven’t noticed, womens’ voices at industry conferences are disproportionately small, especially as conference keynoters, with the exception of Blogher of course. I don’t really have a take on this that won’t sound soap boxy and don’t really want to go down diversity lane if ya’ know what I mean… (if you’re struggling to find women speakers for your conference, go here or select from the fine list below : ) Return from digression…

I think my perception that there weren’t a lot of women blogging about education was because we don’t link up that well. Maybe we don’t do the blogroll thing as much. Or maybe we don’t name our blogs with our own name that often. Maybe I’m just full of crap.

Anyway, I was thrilled to have found some great reads from fellow women throughout the year. Here’s a wrap-up of those blogs featured in 2007 and some new ones…enjoy.

New (to me) reads:

Jessica Hagy
Indexed
Life on index cards. Not an edublogger (Jessica’s site says she’s in advertising) but good example of illustrating concepts simply and with humor.

Cathy Nelson
Cathy Nelson’s Professional Thoughts
Helpful hints, tips, and tricks for teachers who are integrating technology in an authentic manner. Cathy’s content is driven by questions she is asked or by her own current technology interests.

Christine Martell
VisualsSpeak Blog
Not strictly an edublogger, Christine focuses on visualization.

Anne Fox
Anne Fox: Blog
TEFL teacher and project developer in the areas of e-learning, EU projects, teacher training, mentoring, inter-cultural competence, language learning, m-learning, Nordic languages, online meeting moderation

Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach
21st Century Collaborative
Doctoral student, adjunct instructor of educational technology at the College of William and Mary, educational consultant, and frequent speaker/presenter.

Barbara Ganley
bgblogging
Reflections on teaching-with-technology journey and evolution as a user of New Media in the writing classroom.

Linda Naiman
Creativity at Work
A new blogger (2007), the purpose of Linda’s blog is to “create, with your help, a learning community for people who live or work at the intersections of art, business, science and design.”

Helen Keegan
Helen Keegan: Blog
Researcher/learning technologist/part-time lecturer.

Ellyssa Kroski
iLibrarian
Author and Reference Librarian at Columbia University’s Butler Library. She also works as an Information Consultant providing services in Web strategy, project management, information architecture, social marketing, content development, and production in both the library and corporate sectors. She has been appointed adjunct faculty at her alma mater Long Island University’s Palmer School of Library Science where she teaches LIS students about Web 2.0 technologies.

Glenda Morgan
Accidental Pedagogy
Research and practice in academic technology in higher education.

Jane McGonigal
Avant Game
Game designer, a games researcher, and a future forecaster. Teacher and lecturer.

Liz Davis
The Power of Educational Technology
Instructional Technology Specialist in a Massachusetts High School

Featured here in 2007:

Alja
iAlja
Writes about virtual communities, and is an avid twitterer

Wendy Wickham
In the Middle of the Curve
Real stuff from a real practitioner- one of my favorites.

Michelle Martin
The Bamboo Project blog
Blog about ‘new technologies to learn and work more productively, running organizations more effectively in a new economy, and taking charge of your own professional development through personal learning and effective career management skills.”

Jane Hart
Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day
An e-learning application or tool highlighted EVERYDAY (do you know how hard that must be?)

Anne Bartlett-Bragg
Learning Technologies
Anne describes her area of interest as, “digital dialogues or communication and the social aspects of learning with technologies and how this can be used to enhance learning.” Always a good read.

Nancy White
Full Circle
Weblog and business site and the place to start if you want great information on online community and collaboration.

Angela Thomas
Angela A Thomas
English Education teacher who teaches in Second Life as Anya Ixchel and conducts auto-ethnographic research.

Danah Boyd
apophenia
Expert on social networks specifically on how youth engage within them.

Cathy Moore
Making Change
I love this blog! If you are an instructional designer and/or write content for online courses, you MUST read this blog. Very real, applicable resources and advice.

Sue Waters
Mobile Technology in TAFE is from Perth, Australia and is the person behind Mobile Technology in TAFE web sites. TAFE is the acronym for Technical and Further Education. Sue is an aquaculture lecturer, cool huh?

Emma King
Emma King is a Brandon Hall Research blogger. YAY!!! That’s all I have to say…of course you should read all Brandon Hall Research blogs : )

Kate Britt
What’s New in PinkFlamingo’s Resource Lists?
A teacher from Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Pam Hook (a/k/a/ Artichoke)
Artichoke
If the deep web had a subset called deep blogs, this would be on it. Thoughtful, well-articulated, challenging posts. Love this blog!

Beth Ritter-Guth
Beth’s Second Life
A blog about teaching English and Women’s Studies using Second Life.

Kathy Sierra
Creating Passionate Users
Kathy Sierra dropped off the grid because of threats by trolls. If you hate the whole woman thing (if you did you probably wouldn’t have read this far…) read I am not a woman blogger. To which I say touch while enjoying the irony of a black lace bra photo that probably led to more hits (as mine did). Hmmm…

Josie Fraser
Josie blogs at SocialTech and heads up the Eddies! a/k/a the Edublog Awards. She’s a UK-based educational technologist.

Karyn Romeis
Karyn’s erratic learning journey
Karyn’s blog is one I read even when I get behind on my reading. There are times when I get behind and have 2000 posts in my reader and before I hit “mark all read” I’ll read Karyn’s blog and several others. Outspoken, straight shooter, with thoughtful posts that make you see things (at least me) in new ways. I learn there!

Sarah ‘Intellagirl’ Robbins
Ubernoggin
UberNoggin is about “social networking, new media marketing, web 2.0 (whatever that really means nowadays) and participatory media.”

Vicki Davis
Cool Cat Teacher Blog
Teaching content with new tools, enthusiasm, and the belief that teaching is a noble calling. Co-founder of Women of the Web 2.0

Cammy Bean
Learning Visions
As described on her site…”Musings on e-Learning, instructional design, rapid e-Learning, templates, the brain and other learning tidbits. As seen from the vendor side of the e-Learning aisle….” I’ve had a lot of great conversations with Cammy this year. One of my favorite bloggers.

Silke Fleischer
Adobe Corporate Blog- Silke Fleischer .
Silke is responsible for product management and marketing for Adobe Captivate. Lots of great tips.

Judy O’Connell
HeyJude
Reflections, learning and social networking through the eyes of an educator and information professional. Judy’s blog says she’s taking up a new challenge as Head of Library and Information Services at St Joseph’s College, Hunters Hill in 2008 where her role will be to reshape virtual and physical learning services for the school. Congrats!

Susan Smith Nash
E-Learning Queen
The E-Learning Queen explores all manner of online and distributed training and education, from instructional design to the construction and implementation of entire e-learning solutions. She finds real-world e-learning issues and applications particularly intriguing; in higher education, military, K-12, and corporate and humanitarian / not-for-profit realms.

Marcia Conner
Live Laugh Learn Lead is Marcia’s new home after merging the Ageless Learner blog. Now encompassing many aspects of life including learning.

Kristin Hokanson
The Connected Classroom
Thoughts of an emerging edu-blogger committed to creating constructivist learning experiences for students.

Lisa Reichelt
Disambiguity
Contextual research and user centred design.

Lynn Wernham
Learning
Lynn blogs to develop a social network for mutual reflection & learning. I’ve had several great conversations with Lynn this year.

Tracy Hamilton
Discovery through elearning
Another practitioner who blogs about daily challenges and blogs for professional development.

Lynn V. Marentette
Interactive Multimedia Technology
Lynn is a School Psychologist, Computer/Technology Student, Consultant who blogs about interactive touch screen applications, ubiquitous computing, human-computer interaction, universal usability and accessibility, Universal Design for Learning, serious games, and technology innovations.

Christy Tucker
Experiencing E-Learning
One of my favorites. Be sure to check out the Technology Skills for Instructional Designers series!

Cynthia Russell
Technology Escapades
Current projects and interests center around the proper use of technology in enhancing teaching and learning in the health sciences.

Joan Vinall-Cox
Joan Vinall-Cox: Blog
Joan writes about her fascination with the Web as it affects learning. Joan is one of the few bloggers I have met face-to-face. Joan and I connected through blogging and arranged to get together in Toronto where I was leading a workshop. Great conversation. Make me think about how nice it would be to get together with other bloggers.

Speaking of getting together…we will be announcing our 2008 conference details shortly. I’d be interested to hear from fellow women bloggers interested in meeting up face-to-face or participating virtually in a women-in-education blogger’s panel.

I’m also happy to set up the webbed feet blogger’s panel…

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  • http://www.brandon-hall.com/ Janet Clarey

    Carolyn. Thanks for the comment. I’m so glad you stopped by and pointed me to your blog…I especially liked this post because I’ve been struggling with my 14 year old son this week and his research paper. Very timely and excellent advice. Thanks.

  • http://www.brandon-hall.com Janet Clarey

    Carolyn. Thanks for the comment. I’m so glad you stopped by and pointed me to your blog…I especially liked this post because I’ve been struggling with my 14 year old son this week and his research paper. Very timely and excellent advice. Thanks.

  • http://karynromeis.blogspot.com/ Karyn Romeis

    Thanks for this list – lots of names I haven’t encountered before. Thanks, too, for the glowing praise!

    As to why women don’t speak at conferences… I am attending TeachMeet08 later today as a lurker. The organiser (Ewan McIntosh) asked why I wasn’t taking one of the 7 minute micropresentation or 2 minute nanopresentation slots, and I said I didn’t feel that I knew enough about anything to stand up and tell other people about it. However, when I get there, I’ll bet you that I’ll find that at least half of the presenters know less about their topic than I do.

    Isn’t it odd that, while I am promoting the idea of the permanently beta, ever-morphing learning resource, I still feel the need to have the big pink bow on a subject before I’ll present on it?

    I’m going to have to get over that – it’s one of my goals to finally accept an invitation to present a seminar at a conference during 2008!

  • http://karynromeis.blogspot.com Karyn Romeis

    Thanks for this list – lots of names I haven’t encountered before. Thanks, too, for the glowing praise!

    As to why women don’t speak at conferences… I am attending TeachMeet08 later today as a lurker. The organiser (Ewan McIntosh) asked why I wasn’t taking one of the 7 minute micropresentation or 2 minute nanopresentation slots, and I said I didn’t feel that I knew enough about anything to stand up and tell other people about it. However, when I get there, I’ll bet you that I’ll find that at least half of the presenters know less about their topic than I do.

    Isn’t it odd that, while I am promoting the idea of the permanently beta, ever-morphing learning resource, I still feel the need to have the big pink bow on a subject before I’ll present on it?

    I’m going to have to get over that – it’s one of my goals to finally accept an invitation to present a seminar at a conference during 2008!

  • http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/ Dave Ferguson

    I’m always glad to see someone whose writing I look forward to reading passing along writing he or she looks forward to reading.

    Maybe there’s an opportunity for a relatively informal virtual conference with equivalents to one-ways and poster sessions (pre-done stuff), synchronous exchanges, and even unstructured time (as in, here’s a list of who’s attending and who’s around right now in case you want to talk one-to-one or in small groups).

    Karyn’s comment (“…I said I didn’t feel that I knew enough about anything to stand up and tell other people about it…”) struck me; I often feel that way. Maybe one way to reframe that is: what have you learned and what insights have you come to that might be useful to others? “Here’s what I’ve found” is for me both more reflective and less daunting as a starting point.

  • http://www.daveswhiteboard.com Dave Ferguson

    I’m always glad to see someone whose writing I look forward to reading passing along writing he or she looks forward to reading.

    Maybe there’s an opportunity for a relatively informal virtual conference with equivalents to one-ways and poster sessions (pre-done stuff), synchronous exchanges, and even unstructured time (as in, here’s a list of who’s attending and who’s around right now in case you want to talk one-to-one or in small groups).

    Karyn’s comment (“…I said I didn’t feel that I knew enough about anything to stand up and tell other people about it…”) struck me; I often feel that way. Maybe one way to reframe that is: what have you learned and what insights have you come to that might be useful to others? “Here’s what I’ve found” is for me both more reflective and less daunting as a starting point.

  • http://www.futura.edublogs.org/ Carolyn Foote

    Janet,

    Glad it was helpful! I am looking forward to exploring many of the blogs you listed!

    And here’s thanks for jumpstarting my thinking about a women’s blogger forum and keynotes!

  • http://www.futura.edublogs.org Carolyn Foote

    Janet,

    Glad it was helpful! I am looking forward to exploring many of the blogs you listed!

    And here’s thanks for jumpstarting my thinking about a women’s blogger forum and keynotes!

  • http://www.brandon-hall.com/ Janet Clarey

    Karyn-

    You certainly have something to say, you say it well, and I am certain people want to hear what you have to say. Have you ever been at a presentation and thought, ‘that speaker better know every single thing about this topic’…probably not. How can you? Why should you?

    I like Dave’s starting point…”Here’s what I’ve found…” I like it because it puts you in the “I’m not the expert but I know this…” It invites conversation – kind of like blogging.

    Regrettably, my self-talk backchannel is the same…”I don’t know enough, I’m not good enough, I need to know everything about this…” . And I wonder why I stress out and over (or worse under) prepare for presentations. It’s self-inflicted sabotage.

    That’s probably because I don’t take thee ‘here’s what I found for/here’s what I bring for discussion’ approach and end up speaking from some ‘here’s what is known (I hope I’ve got it all) about this/here’s what (I think) you will want to know about this.’ It’s not a conversation starter. It’s almost apologetic.

    Probably time to ditch the big pink bow and add your much needed voice out there. As for me ditto and work on the rest…

  • http://www.brandon-hall.com Janet Clarey

    Karyn-

    You certainly have something to say, you say it well, and I am certain people want to hear what you have to say. Have you ever been at a presentation and thought, ‘that speaker better know every single thing about this topic’…probably not. How can you? Why should you?

    I like Dave’s starting point…”Here’s what I’ve found…” I like it because it puts you in the “I’m not the expert but I know this…” It invites conversation – kind of like blogging.

    Regrettably, my self-talk backchannel is the same…”I don’t know enough, I’m not good enough, I need to know everything about this…” . And I wonder why I stress out and over (or worse under) prepare for presentations. It’s self-inflicted sabotage.

    That’s probably because I don’t take thee ‘here’s what I found for/here’s what I bring for discussion’ approach and end up speaking from some ‘here’s what is known (I hope I’ve got it all) about this/here’s what (I think) you will want to know about this.’ It’s not a conversation starter. It’s almost apologetic.

    Probably time to ditch the big pink bow and add your much needed voice out there. As for me ditto and work on the rest…

  • http://www.brandon-hall.com/ Janet Clarey

    Thanks Dave for your kind comments. When I find a blog I really like, I’ll look to their blogroll (if they have one) and often find a gem or two. I hope you find that here.

    “Here’s what I’ve found” sounds like a great starter. Thanks for passing that along. Nice ideas for a virtual conference too.

  • http://www.brandon-hall.com Janet Clarey

    Thanks Dave for your kind comments. When I find a blog I really like, I’ll look to their blogroll (if they have one) and often find a gem or two. I hope you find that here.

    “Here’s what I’ve found” sounds like a great starter. Thanks for passing that along. Nice ideas for a virtual conference too.

  • http://karynromeis.blogspot.com/ Karyn Romeis

    Thanks for the vote of confidence, Janet – I guess I really to pull my finger out and just DO it!

  • http://karynromeis.blogspot.com Karyn Romeis

    Thanks for the vote of confidence, Janet – I guess I really to pull my finger out and just DO it!

  • http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/ Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

    Wonderful list! Thanks for giving me lots of new bloggers to read.

    In terms of female keynoters and presenters- I am frequently asked to keynote local, state, national, and international conferences. I speak on topics related to teacher leadership, 21st Century literacies, homelessness, Web 2.0, and virtual community building.

  • http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

    Wonderful list! Thanks for giving me lots of new bloggers to read.

    In terms of female keynoters and presenters- I am frequently asked to keynote local, state, national, and international conferences. I speak on topics related to teacher leadership, 21st Century literacies, homelessness, Web 2.0, and virtual community building.

  • http://learningvisions.blogspot.com/ Cammy Bean

    Thanks for the nods, Janet. You’re one of my favorite bloggers, too. And it’s not just because you’re willing to write the word crap in a post!

  • http://learningvisions.blogspot.com Cammy Bean

    Thanks for the nods, Janet. You’re one of my favorite bloggers, too. And it’s not just because you’re willing to write the word crap in a post!

  • http://bookminder.blogspot.com/ Lesley

    Have a look at Jeri Hurd’s blog Bib2.0:
    http://bib20.blogspot.com/

    She writes with incite and passion.

  • http://bookminder.blogspot.com Lesley

    Have a look at Jeri Hurd’s blog Bib2.0:
    http://bib20.blogspot.com/

    She writes with incite and passion.

  • http://www.brandon-hall.com/ Janet Clarey

    Thanks Lesley! Adding both of you to my reader…

  • http://www.brandon-hall.com Janet Clarey

    Thanks Lesley! Adding both of you to my reader…

  • http://in-the-middle-of-the-curve.blogspot.com/ Wendy

    Wow! Thanks for the shout-out. I don’t feel like a “real practitioner” (See – I always thought YOU were a real practitioner ’cause you work for an actual education outfit), more like some poor sap who’s winging it. But if my fumblings help others – so much the better.

    And maybe that’s the point of this exercise for many of us – self-reflection and sharing.

    I LUV the idea of having a virtual get-together of edubloggers during your conference. Maybe as a combination Live and Panel discussion?

    Could be educational and maybe encourage some of the more reticent among us to become more involved in conferences as an actual participant rather than an attendee.

  • http://in-the-middle-of-the-curve.blogspot.com/ Wendy

    Wow! Thanks for the shout-out. I don’t feel like a “real practitioner” (See – I always thought YOU were a real practitioner ’cause you work for an actual education outfit), more like some poor sap who’s winging it. But if my fumblings help others – so much the better.

    And maybe that’s the point of this exercise for many of us – self-reflection and sharing.

    I LUV the idea of having a virtual get-together of edubloggers during your conference. Maybe as a combination Live and Panel discussion?

    Could be educational and maybe encourage some of the more reticent among us to become more involved in conferences as an actual participant rather than an attendee.

  • http://2coach.wordpress.com/ Lynn Wernham

    Thanks for the mention, really enjoyed conversations with you. How about you put yourself on the list?

    Karyn, go for it!!

  • http://2coach.wordpress.com/ Lynn Wernham

    Thanks for the mention, really enjoyed conversations with you. How about you put yourself on the list?

    Karyn, go for it!!

  • http://blog.mindleaders.com/ Beth Griese

    Thanks for posting this list – I found some great new blogs to read! I’m new this year to blogging at Fueling the Learning Revolution (http://blog.mindleaders.com/); I’d love to be involved with opportunities to share thoughts with other women in education blogging.

  • http://blog.mindleaders.com/ Beth Griese

    Thanks for posting this list – I found some great new blogs to read! I’m new this year to blogging at Fueling the Learning Revolution (http://blog.mindleaders.com/); I’d love to be involved with opportunities to share thoughts with other women in education blogging.

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  • http://www.c4lpt.co.uk/ Jane Hart

    Janet

    Thanks for including me on your site. It’s not THAT hard to include a new tool every day; but I enjoy the challenge!

    Jane

  • http://www.c4lpt.co.uk Jane Hart

    Janet

    Thanks for including me on your site. It’s not THAT hard to include a new tool every day; but I enjoy the challenge!

    Jane

  • Kathy Schrock

    Hum…left out two years in a row! Guess I have to ramp it up, eh?

    Blogs:
    Kathy Schrock’s Kaffeeklatsch
    http://kathyschrock.net/blog/

    Lighthouse Learning Island
    http://nausetschools.org/lighthouselearning/

  • Kathy Schrock

    Hum…left out two years in a row! Guess I have to ramp it up, eh?

    Blogs:
    Kathy Schrock’s Kaffeeklatsch
    http://kathyschrock.net/blog/

    Lighthouse Learning Island
    http://nausetschools.org/lighthouselearning/

  • http://www.brandon-hall.com/ Janet Clarey

    My bad…
    Sorry Kathy. Unintentional…I hadn’t yet found you! I like your archive – 12/31/69. I think I can put you in wikipedia as the earliest known blogger : )
    Nice posts on wii and xo. I’ll get you on my reader and stay in touch.

  • http://www.brandon-hall.com Janet Clarey

    My bad…
    Sorry Kathy. Unintentional…I hadn’t yet found you! I like your archive – 12/31/69. I think I can put you in wikipedia as the earliest known blogger : )
    Nice posts on wii and xo. I’ll get you on my reader and stay in touch.

  • http://www.brandon-hall.com/ Janet Clarey

    Beth – welcome to the edusphere! Thanks for the link. I’ll touch base re: the blogging forum for women. Should be fun!

  • http://www.brandon-hall.com Janet Clarey

    Beth – welcome to the edusphere! Thanks for the link. I’ll touch base re: the blogging forum for women. Should be fun!

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  • http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com/ Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

    Have you seen this list? Not all education- but all women bloggers.

    http://bloombergmarketing.blogs.com/bloomberg_marketing/2007/08/45-things-by-an.html

  • http://21stcenturylearning.typepad.com Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach

    Have you seen this list? Not all education- but all women bloggers.

    http://bloombergmarketing.blogs.com/bloomberg_marketing/2007/08/45-things-by-an.html

  • http://carol-cooper.blogspot.com/ Carol Cooper-Taylor

    Hi Janet, Add mine to your list. I have been posting since May 2004 – “BBC – Blog By Carol:
    Carol Cooper-Taylor’s Eclectic musings on teaching and Learning (particularly eLearning), and other things catching her attention.”

  • http://carol-cooper.blogspot.com/ Carol Cooper-Taylor

    Hi Janet, Add mine to your list. I have been posting since May 2004 – “BBC – Blog By Carol:
    Carol Cooper-Taylor’s Eclectic musings on teaching and Learning (particularly eLearning), and other things catching her attention.”

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  • http://www.converstations.com/ Mike Sansone

    I was just thinking about Kathy Sierra yesterday and how much I miss her writing. A great list here…on you might watch is Angela Maiers (http://www.angelamaiers.com)

  • http://www.converstations.com Mike Sansone

    I was just thinking about Kathy Sierra yesterday and how much I miss her writing. A great list here…on you might watch is Angela Maiers (http://www.angelamaiers.com)

  • http://karynromeis.blogspot.com/ Karyn Romeis

    I’d like to add my voice to those who miss Kathy. If you’re still checking tags on yourself, Kathy – you’ve left a hole, girl!

  • http://karynromeis.blogspot.com Karyn Romeis

    I’d like to add my voice to those who miss Kathy. If you’re still checking tags on yourself, Kathy – you’ve left a hole, girl!

  • http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com coolcatteacher

    Thank you for including me on this list, and yes, Karyn, I miss Kathy’s writing as well. She is great and I hate to see a precedent for women being able to be “scared” away from blogging by obnoxious people.

    It is important to point out the women bloggers and to realize that we are part of the edublogosphere. We should be confident in who we are and our perspective!

    Thank you for including me here.

  • http://coolcatteacher.blogspot.com Vicki Davis

    Thank you for including me on this list, and yes, Karyn, I miss Kathy’s writing as well. She is great and I hate to see a precedent for women being able to be “scared” away from blogging by obnoxious people.

    It is important to point out the women bloggers and to realize that we are part of the edublogosphere. We should be confident in who we are and our perspective!

    Thank you for including me here.

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