Announcing the Bloggers' Choice Award

After a full day of blogging and great discussion surrounding education reform and the 2008 election, I’m off to Denver. My colleague Holly Zardus is wrapping up the summit and presenting the 2008 Bloggers' Choice Award. The first-place recipient is an unconventional blog from a teacher who blogs with his classroom: the South Titan Government Blog, taught by Ray Keller, a high school history teacher.

In the submission for nomination, Keller wrote,

"As a secondary government teacher in a public school, I am trying to find ways to get my students to begin to voice their opinions. Most of my students would rather type or text about an issue, than to speak about it in class. I have had almost 2000 comments posted by high school students in my first year of having the blog. These comments were not required as assignments for the class and many students truly expressed their opinions on many issues ranging from illegal immigration to the campaign ads."

Congratulations to Mr. Keller and his students.

I’d also like to recognize Tracy Bryant Stuckey, writer of Early Education is the Key who was the runner up for this year’s award.

The statement from the nomination form:

"Tracey offers her readers insightful information that causes them to reflect on the role they can begin taking toward educational change. She offers parents solutions to educational problems and she gives examples of how we got to where we are in the first place. She is definitely a teacher and an advocate for developing 21st century skills in young children."

Keep checking the Blogger Summit homepage as there will be pictures, video clips and highlights from this year’s event. Also, use the comments section below to share your thoughts with me on what you thought about the event.