Developing an RSS Feed for Principals
Posted by Allanah King on March 28, 2011
At our last week’s Principal’s meeting for our cluster we facilitated a workshop on developing an RSS feed using Google Reader specifically focussed on the the sorts of things that we thought principals might be interested in. We will develop this more over time but I thought it might be useful to list the blogs that we suggested we added to our reader. At the workshop we used a Google Doc but they click more easily from a blog post.
If I missed anyone that you think should be in my list please let me know and I will add them.
Our best reads…. Teachers in our cluster who edublog
http://tracyprout.edublogs.org/ Tracy Prout – Tasman Bay Christian School
http://allanahk.edublogs.org/ Allanah King- Me!
http://cherryl.edublogs.org/ Cherryl Eden – Richmond Primary
http://kellimcr.wordpress.com/ Kellie McRobert – Nayland Primary
http://sarnee.edublogs.org/ Sandra Rolls – Tasman Bay Christian School
Kiwi Blogging Leaders and Principals
http://blog.core-ed.org/derek/ Derek Wenmoth, CORE
http://blog.core-ed.org/ Core Education Blog
http://blog.core-ed.org/greg/ Greg Carroll, Outram, Dunedin
http://edorigami.edublogs.org/ Andrew Churches, Kirsten College, Auckland
http://pr1nc1pal.blogspot.com/ John Dorman, St Paul’s, Nelson
http://leading-learning.blogspot.com/ Bruce Hammonds
http://regano.edublogs.org/ Regan Orr- Principal of Koputaroa School, Horowhenua
http://burnhamprincipal.blogspot.com/ Rob Clarke
http://wedontknowhowluckyweare.blogspot.com/ Luke Sumich- Summerlands, Auckland
http://maramastewart.com/ Marama Stewart, Pukeokahu School, Taihape
http://www.kaimai.school.nz/principal/ Dane Robertson, Tauranga
http://mikeanz.blogspot.com/ Mike Anderson, Waimari, Christchurch
http://thechalkface.wordpress.com/ Danny Nicholls, St Patricks
http://stanleyave-principal.blogspot.com/ Stuart Armistead, Stanley Ave, Te Aroha
http://mattskilton.blogspot.com/ Matt Skilton, Muritai School, Wellington
http://carolyn-stuartcomments.blogspot.com/ Carolyn Stuart, Tawa Int
http://thinkbeyond.co.nz/blog/ Cheryl Doig, Christchurch
http://awapunischool.blogspot.com/ Steven Soutar, Awapuni, Palmerston North.
Blogs that may interest you- leadership etc.
http://chrisbetcher.com/ Chris Betcher- ICT leader- Sydney
http://www.tonyryan.com.au/blog/ Tony Ryan- Learning Consultant- Australia
http://edu.blogs.com/edublogs/ Ewan McIntosh- Ed Leader- Scotland
http://www.principalspage.com/theblog/ Michael Smith, USA
Podcasts
http://edtalks.org/ Better still search iTunes for Edtalks and subscribe to these educational video podcasts and view them at your leisure.
News
http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/education Stuff- Newspaper link with a focus on education
http://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/ Look for the RSS icon for ‘News & Hot Topics’ and ‘Professional Learning Articles’.
http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz/ Look for the RSS icon for ‘Latest News’.
And Charles added that all principals should be following and commenting on the blogs of their classes and also shared some of the blogs in his RSS…
Education news and commentary…
http://www.ictineducation.org/ UK digest for “leaders and managers of educational ICT”
http://www.eschoolnews.com/ Amercian
http://www.educationmatters.ie/ Irish education digest
http://bigthink.com/ big ideas….not just about education
http://www.edutopia.org/ the George Lucas Educational Foundation
http://teachpaperless.blogspot.com/ a collaboratively written blog dedicated to conversation and commentary about the intertwined worlds of digital technology, new media, and education.
http://www.ucea.org/ University Council for Educational Administration Texas
Interesting individuals………
http://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/ has great links to collections of websites
http://teacherleaders.typepad.com/the_tempered_radical/ – teacher Bill Ferriter’s hard hitting comments
http://theinnovativeeducator.blogspot.com/ Lisa Nielsen is an innovative educator in New York City
http://jeffthomastech.com/blog/ Jeff Thomas a Director of Technology at a private middle school.
http://bigthink.com/blogs/dangerously-irrelevant Scott McLeod (currently on sabbatical in NZ)
Since I posted this on Sunday people have added further suggestions via the comments or Twitter so here they are….
http://www.educationalleaders.govt.nz/News Ministry RSS for educational leaders
http://www.nzcer.org.nz/ NZCER
http://sethgodin.typepad.com/ Seth Godin, ideas and marketing
http://www.connectedprincipals.com/ Connected Principals- a collective principals’ blog
http://movingforward.wikispaces.com/Education+Blogs+by+Discipline Scroll down to find Principal Blogs to subscribe to
http://schooltechleadership.org/research/projects/blogs-administrator/ List of leadership blogs from Scott McLeod
http://speirs.org/ Fraser Speirs, Cedars School of Excellence, Scotland
http://www.n2growth.com/blog/form-over-substance/ Where CEO’s come to grow
March 28th, 2011 at 7:18 am
Great list. Thanks for including me on it! I’ve now got lots of new feeds to add to Google Reader!
Here are a few more that may be of use to administrators:
http://schooltechleadership.org/research/projects/blogs-administrator
http://movingforward.wikispaces.com/Education+Blogs+by+Discipline
(scroll down to principal / school blogs)
March 28th, 2011 at 8:30 am
Hi Allanah
…. couple more http://www.connectedprincipals.com (collaborative blog from the US) and http://speirs.org for your list.
I also subscribe to rss feeds from tki (leaddership section) and nzcer in my GReader.
This business blog also has some wonderful leadership stuff – http://www.n2growth.com/blog
WONDERFUL list you have put together!!
cheers
Greg
March 28th, 2011 at 9:31 am
Our next challenge is to see if we can then get our principals to use Twitter and Delicious to help them manage their professional readings. I believe this is a way that busy principals can keep tabs on what is happening around them. The third stage will be to show just how useful their expanding network of collegial support can be when they have a question or problem. No allusions here – this is going to be a long term project and we know that this way of working will not be for all!
March 28th, 2011 at 9:38 pm
and don’t forget you can subscribe to the RSS feeds on http://nzcurriculum.tki.org.nz to keep up to date with everything new that is published on the site
March 29th, 2011 at 1:50 pm
Great use of time – hands-on way to get connected:-) Working out the best way to move towards doing this kind of thing regularly is the challenge, too. Have dedicated times to check feeds, or having them come direct to your inbox can help:-)
Good work!
March 29th, 2011 at 7:28 pm
Karen
How could someone have their RSS feed come straight into their in box?
April 1st, 2011 at 1:45 pm
There is a ‘subscribe to my inbox’ gadget that blogger offers to add to your side bar. That’s been a great feature for our cluster blog – great for getting resources, posts out cause most people use their emails. Good for getting readers easily, too.
Wow, Allanah – what a great list. I’ll be sharing this with our staff.
April 26th, 2011 at 11:59 am
http://www.kaimai.school.nz/principal/
April 28th, 2011 at 12:13 pm
Hi Allanah
Thanks for the mention here on this list, and for taking the time to put it together, a great resource!
You might also include The Long Run – http://nzkoobi.wordpress.com/ – curated by Tom Sheehan of St Matthews Marton.
Regards
Danny