Badge of Honor: A Spotlight on 5 Must-Read K-12 IT Blogs

In June 2012, EdTech launched an Honor Roll of 50 educational technology blogs that the editorial team believed teachers and K–12 IT leaders should be reading. The response to that list was so vocal and so overwhelmingly positive that we decided to make it an annual tradition.

This year, we solicited the input of the K–12 community as we narrowed down our selections. Our crowdsourcing exercise, conducted in May, resulted in 32 nominations and 249 votes from readers. Here are five honorees that editors and readers identified as must-reads.

Check out the full list of this year’s best K–12 education IT blogs, "The 2013 Honor Roll: EdTech’s Must-Read K–12 IT Blogs."

My Paperless Classroom

Dr. Sam Patterson, dean of student advising and outreach at Kehillah Jewish High School in Palo Alto, Calif., is close to the heart of technology innovation in Silicon Valley. His blog highlights useful digital media tools and tips and offers advice on how teachers can transition to a paperless learning ­environment. • mypaperlessclassroom.org • @SamPatue

There Is No Box

While some educators concern themselves with thinking outside the box, Andrew Schwab, director of management information systems for the Berryessa Union School District in San Jose, Calif., takes it one step further and refuses to acknowledge that a box even exists. He uses his blog to “think out loud about teaching, technology and life.” • anotherschwab.wordpress.com • @anotherschwab