Energy. Enthusiasm. Stir in a healthy dose of optimism and that’s what we experienced in Winston-Salem at the North Carolina Association of Educator’s 2010 Regional Assembly. When the assembly concluded, NCAE president, Sheri Strickland, took a moment to share some of her passion for education with us. Even after a very long day of chairing the assembly, she still had plenty of enthusiasm to share!

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What an incredible time to be an educator! The Internet opens up not only a whole new world of resources, it also opens up a whole new world of relationships. Blogs are especially useful for opening up both new worlds.

Here are a few blogging treasures we’ve discovered:

• Integrating Tech by Scott Snyder. Scott’s a high school English teacher with a passion for trying out new technology to make classroom learning more effective.
• The Connected Classroom by Kritin Hokanson. Kristin is an “elementary teacher turned HS Tech Coach.” She does a good job incorporating multimedia into her blog and shining the spotlight on others doing cool things with technology, too.
• History Is Elementary by Jennie Weber. Jennie is now an “online instructor and stay at home mom” who has experience teaching history and math at all levels.

Would you share with us some of the bloggers you enjoy reading and tell us more about them? If YOU’RE a blogger, please share your blog link with us.