Founding #ETCoaches Blogging Buddies

Two weeks ago, ISTE’s Ed Tech Coaches PLN introduced Blogging Buddies: a place for edtech coaches (and those tasked with helping teachers integrate technology) to connect, network and learn from other coaches via blogging (if you aren’t familiar with Blogging Buddies, check out my post here). Well, the first groups have been announced and they are pretty awesome!

Within the first two weeks, we had 59 people and almost 12 groups formed. Those 59 people come from 10 countries and 21 states! I was really excited that almost all of the initial groups ended up with people from two different countries and no two people were from the same state (or even states that bordered one another). Sign ups will remain open throughout the year to form new groups. See this document for more information if you’re interested in joining Blogging Buddies. Keep reading to see the founding #ETCoaches Blogging Buddies!

I have to start with my group… EdTech #GirlPower right here!

• Leslie Fagin: https://msfagin.wordpress.com  from Griffin, Georgia, United States
• Tara Helkowski: http://learn2connect.blogspot.com from Washington, DC, United States
• Rahila Mukaddam: https://www.coetail.com/technovice from Karachi, Pakistan
• Knikole Taylor: http://www.knikoletaylor.com from Dallas, Texas, United States
• and, of course, myself- Katie Siemer- from Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Group 1

• Robin Harris: http://thebombdiggityclassroom.blogspot.com from Griffin, Georgia, United States
• Pam Shoemaker: http://yesedtech.blogspot.com from Walled Lake, Michigan, United States
• Alex Lianne Carter: https://canadianteched.ca from Calgary, Canada
• Waneta Hebert: http://mrshebertteach.blog from Houston, Texas, United States
• Emmanuel Andre: https://learnedlessonblog.wordpress.com from Baltimore, Maryland, United States

Group 2

• Eric Curts: http://www.controlaltachieve.com from Uniontown, Ohio, United States
• Dierdre Shetler: http://collaborativeedtech.blogspot.com from Phoenix, Arizona, United States
• Daniel Scott: http://www.mr5scott.blogspot.com from Qingdao, China
• Alli Pryor: https://diaryofadlc.blogspot.com from Coppell, Texas, United States
• Debra Killen: https://dkillenedtech.wordpress.com from Huntsville, Alabama, United States

Group 3

• Carla Jefferson: http://www.mrsjeff2u.com from Darlington, South Carolina, United States
• Jennifer Fischer: http://jenerationed.com from Scotch Plains, New Jersey, United States
• Gregory Gilmore: http://blog.gilmoreg.net from Independence, Missouri, United States
• Brianna Hodges: http://edutechtastic.com from Stephenville, Texas, United States
• Adam Hill: https://mrhillmusings.wordpress.com from Hong Kong, Hong Kong

Group 4

• Debbie Campbell: http://www.curiouseducator.com from Houston, Texas, United States
• Carolina Seiden: http://tech4scots.blogspot.com from Boca Raton, Florida, United States
• Chris Turnbull: http://playlearnteach.blogspot.com from Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States
• Marcello Mongardi: http://www.mmongardi.com/#blog from Muscat, Oman
• Ruth Okoye: http://techcoachchat.com from Herndon, Virginia, United States

Group 6

• Penny Christensen: http://hotlunchtray.com from Gainesville, Georgia, United States
• Michele Bond: http://www.mrsbond.info from Stewartsville, New Jersey, United States
• JP Prezzavento: http://jpprezz.com/blog from St. Louis, Missouri, United States
• Tara Waudby: http://www.coetail.com/tarawaudby from Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia
• Erin Gerdes: http://gabbingwithgerdes.blogspot.com from Grapevine, Texas, United States

Group 7

• Suzanne Crowley: http://middleofeverywhere.weebly.com from Edison, New Jersey, United States
• Yvonne Clark: http://yclarkhhs.blogspot.com from Henderson, Texas, United States
• Kerri Wall: http://mswallrocks.blogspot.com from Vero Beach, Florida, United States
• Jancey Clark: https://janceyclark.wordpress.com from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
• Yvette Jobe: http://yvettejobe.weebly.com/blog from Wilson, North Carolina, United States

Group 8

• Cat Weers: http://www.edutechchick.com from Chesapeake, Virginia, United States
• Allison Schalk: https://schalktalks.blogspot.com from Lanesville, Indiana, United States
• Christina Zientek: http://www.zentechteach.com from Houston, Texas, United States
• Thomas Hammerlund: http://mrhammerlund.blogspot.tw from Kaohsiung, Taiwan
• Robbie Barber https://ticklingtech.wordpress.com from Decatur, Georgia, United States

Group 9

• Bonnie Birdsall: https://reflectionsonedtech.wordpress.com from Williston, Vermont, United States
• Sydney Musslewhite: http://musslebytes.blogspot.com from Lubbock, Texas, United States
• Christina Hum: http://techthroughtime.blogspot.com from Fairbanks, Alaska, United States
• Mike Phillips: http://mikephillipsms.blogspot.com from Muskegon, Michigan, United States
• Jessica Mercado: http://iheartteachingkids.blogspot.com from Locust Grove, Georgia, United States

Group 10

• Adam Babcock: http://blog.adambabcock.com from Spartanburg, South Carolina, United States
• Nancy Witick: https://orhs.edublogs.org from Oak Ridge, Tennessee, United States
• Kyle Dunbar: http://www.edtechdunny.com from Alexandria, Virginia, United States
• Pam Turley: http://cloudytraining.blogspot.com from Spanish Fork, Utah, United States
• Mason Mason: http://www.edtechmason.com from Dallas, Texas, United States

Group 11

• Keith Hannah: http://fifetechtosa.wordpress.com from Fife, Washington, United States
• Lorena Esper: http://scfirstgrade.wixsite.com/firstgradescollege from Santiago, Chile
• Carrie Lowery: http://www.cobblearning.net/clowery from Marietta, Georgia, United States
• David Dutrow: https://www.teachdmd.com from Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Shaina Glass: http://www.glassviewoftech.weebly.com from Spring, Texas, United States

Group 12

• Dan Whalen: https://danwhalen.org from Collingswood, New Jersey, United States
• David Towse: http://mrtowse.blogspot.jp from Tokyo, Japan
• Marcia Kish: http://www.dsdprofessionaldevelopment.com/the-twisted-classroom1.html from Powell, Ohio, United States
• Lori Faas: http://outsideofmyclassroom.blogspot.com from Rochester, New York, United States
• the 5th member could be you- go to bit.ly/bloggingbuddiessite for information and to sign up!

You can follow all the Blogging Buddies on Twitter here. If you are a tech coach (or assume any responsibility of a tech coach) at your school, I hope you’ll consider joining us. We technology integration coaches need to stick together!

Tech To You Later!
-Katie