And the 2009 Edublog Award winners are….


Huge thanks to everyone who helped make the sixth International Edublog Awards such a great success!

And many thanks to everyone who nominated, voted and participated in this years awards.

Through everyone’s hard work we’ve pulled together great lists of new blogs / sites, cool ideas and resources that are helpful to our teaching.

Check out all categories and shortlisted nominations here!

Congratulations to all our winners….

Grab your winners, first runner up and second runner up badges here!

1.  Best individual blog

The winners of the Best Individual Edublog 2009….

–Winner: Free Technology for Teachers
–First Runner Up: Kathy Schrock’s Kaffeeklatsch
–Second Runner Up: Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites Of The Day For Teaching ELL, ESL, & EFL

Check out all nominated individual blogs and results tally here!

2.  Best individual tweeter

The winners of the Best individual tweeter 2009….

–Winner: web20classroom
–First Runner Up: russeltarr
–Second Runner Up: courosa

Check out all nominated tweeters and results tally here!

3.  Best group blog

The winners of the Best group blog 2009….

–Winner: MacMillian Dictionary Blog
–First Runner Up: I.N.K. Interesting Nonfiction for Kids
–Second Runner Up: SCC English

Check out all nominated group blogs and results tally here!

4.  Best new blog

The winners of the Best new blog 2009….

Winner: Kirsten Winkler
First Runner Up: Look At My Happy Rainbow
Second Runner Up: Teach Paperless

Check out all nominated new blogs and results tally here!

5.  Best class blog

The winners of the Best class Edublog 2009….

–Winner: Billings Middle School Tech Class Blog
–First Runner Up: Mrs. Yollis’ Classroom Blog
–Second Runner Up: English With Rosa

Check out all nominated Class blogs and results tally here!

6. Best student blog

The winners of the Best student edublog 2009….

–Winner: Civil War Sallie
–First Runner Up: Universo
–Second Runner Up: Moo

Check out all nominated student blogs and results tally here!

7.  Best resource sharing blog

The winners of the Best resource sharing edublog 2009….

–Winner: Free Technology for Teachers
–First Runner Up: Larry Ferlazzo’s Websites of the Day
–Second Runner Up: Jane’s E-Learning Pick of the Day

Check out all nominated resource sharing blogs and results tally here!

8.  Most influential blog post

The winners of the Most influential blog post 2009….

–Winner: Anseo.net’s Head in the Clouds
–Joint First Runner Up: Intrepid Flame’s This, This, That and Ann Marie Cunningham’s Tech addiction ‘harms learning’ …..really??? $24.99 and I am no wiser

Check out all nominated posts and results tally here!

9.  Most influential tweet / series of tweets / tweet based discussion

The winners of the Most influential tweet / series of tweets / tweet based discussion 2009….

–Winner: #edchat
–First Runner Up: Blogworthy Tweets
–Second Runner Up: #teachertuesday

Check out all nominated tweet series and results tally here!

10. Best teacher blog

The winners of the Best teacher edublog 2009 ….

–Winner: Two Writing Teachers
–First Runner Up: The Scholastic Scribe
–Second Runner Up: Cool Cat Teacher

Check out all nominated teacher blogs and results tally here!

11. Best librarian / library blog

The winners of the Best librarian / library edubblog 2009….

–Winner: Never Ending Search
–First Runner Up: Bright Ideas
–Second Runner Up: Library Tech Musings

Check out all nominated librarian blogs and the final results tally here!

12.  Best educational tech support blog

The winners of the Best educational tech support edublog 2009….

–Winner: iLearn Technology
–First Runner Up: Langwitches
–Second Runner Up: Life Feast

Check out all nominated ed tech support blog and results tally here!

13.  Best elearning / corporate education blog

The winners of the Best elearning / corporate education blog 2009 ….

–Winner: MPB Reflections — 21st Century Teaching and Learning
–First Runner Up: Angela Maiers
–Second Runner Up: e-learning, conocimiento en red y web colectiva

Check out all nominated elearning / corporate edublogs and results tally here!

14.  Best educational use of audio

The winners of the Best educational use of audio 2009….

–Winner: Xyleme Voices Podcasts
–First Runner Up: Musical Blogies
–Second Runner Up: My Audio School

Check out all nominated audio and results tally here!

15.  Best educational use of video / visual

The winners of the Best educational use of video / visual 2009 ….

–Winner: Bitácora de Aníbal de la Torre
–First Runner Up: The Longfellow Ten
–Second Runner Up: Inanimate Alice

Check out all nominated Video / Visual and  results tally here!

16.  Best educational wiki

The winners of the Best Educational Wiki 2009….

–Winner: Greetings From The World
–First Runner Up: Soar 2 New Heights
–Second Runner Up: HUMS3001: Censorship and Responsibility

Check out all nominated wikis and results tally here!

17. Best educational use of a social networking service

The winners of the Best educational use of a social networking service 2009….

–Winner: English Companion Ning
–First Runner Up: EFL Classroom 2.0
–Second Runner Up: RSC Access and Inclusion Ning

Check out all nominated Social Networking Sites  and results tally here!

18.  Best educational use of a virtual world

The winners of the Best educational use of a virtual world 2009 ….

–Winner: Virtual Graduation at the University of Edinburgh
–First Runner Up: Virtual Round Table Conference
–Second Runner Up: ISTE’s Second Life island and SecondLife Education New Zealand

Check out all nominated Virtual World  and results tally here!

19.  Lifetime achievement

The winners of the Lifetime achievement 2009….

–Winner: Karl Fisch
–First Runner Up: Will Richardson
–Second Runner Up: Larry Ferlazzo

Check out all nominated people and results tally here!

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