Have you check out the Edublogs Awards finalists and added your vote? Well voting is now open but times running out! You have until 9AM Australian Eastern Standard Time on Sunday December 21st to vote.

One of the best aspects of the Edublogs awards is it introduces us to new sites that we might not have found if not for the awards process. I made lots of new connections with other bloggers by checking out the finalists last year.

This year UDL at CMSCE, Rutgers University blog made me realise the finalist lists could be used as an activity with our students or for staff professional development. Check out this post on their blog to see how they are using the Edublogs awards for professional development.

The finalist lists for each category this year are a lot longer which does make it slightly harder to check out all the finalists. So I was thinking perhaps we could help each other out?

Can you leave us a comment to tell us about your favorite finalist(s) in terms of:

1. What do you like about the blog/site/post?
2. What are some cool ideas that you have gained from their site?
3. Do you recommend any specific post(s) on their site that we should check out?

Alternatively if you are a finalist please feel free to tell us more about your site and share links to posts you recommend people check out.

You can read who I nominated for the Edublogs awards and why in this post!

Image adapted from Cave Canem licensed under Creative Commons ShareAlike

Looking for a means of thanking your favorite bloggers? Here’s your opportunity!

Nominations for the 2008 Edublog Awards are now open!

About The Edublogs Awards

The Edublog Awards is a community based incentive that has been running for 5 years on a voluntary basis. The purpose of the Edublog awards is promote and demonstrate the educational values of social softwares.

The best aspects of the Edublog awards is it creates a fabulous resource for educators to use for ideas on how social software is used in different contexts, with a range of different learners; which means we are introduced to new sites that we might not have found if not for the awards process.

This year there are fourteen categories, including best individual blog, best teacher blog, best new blog, best group blog, best new blog, and best resource sharing blog. Nominations are open to anyone and close at the end of November.

Besides the winner badge and respect of your peers, winners of each category will get a years free Edublogs Campus subscription for themselves or their institution worth US$900. Voting for the finalists starts at the beginning of December.

How To Nominate

Nominating your favorite blogs is slightly different this year from previous years.

Here are two steps you must follow to nominate:

1. Write a post on your blog linking to:
   • The 2008 Nomination page
   • The blogs & sites that you want to nominate – you must link to each blog & site you nominate (otherwise your nominations WON”T count)
2. Go to the 2008 Nomination contact form and send a link to your nominations post.

Only one nomination is allowed per category however you can nominate a blog (site) for more than one category.

Happy Nominating!

“Thank you” image by Vernhart licensed under Creative Commons.

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