Blog About a Blog

http://www.aspecialsparkle.com/2013/07/tips-for-new-special-education-teachers.html
       In this post I will look into and discuss about another education blog I have found. This blog is super great. There are many things I love and a few things I might change. Not going to lie, this blog first attracted me so much because of it's bright colors and cute title. After looking at it more, I realized it was more than just a pretty face. The first thing you see on this blog, is a list of tips for special education teachers. As a hopeful special education teacher, this really drew me in. This blog has so many different great resources. The subtitle for it is "a collaborative special education blog", meaning there are several different authors and experiences working together to create it. The first blog I looked at was Teaching Special Thinkers. I really loved this title. The teacher that wrote this teaches students with autism in kindergarten through second grade. This particular blog is very neat and well organized. It is easy to use and navigate. She has a ton of great resources for every subject and even
some for teaching planning in general. She tells a little bit about herself and even gives a way for us readers to contact her. The next author I looked at has a blog called Reading Towards the Stars. In my placement I have been working a lot with struggling readers, so I knew it would be helpful for now as well as in my future classroom. The author's name is Andrea Crawford and she is a reading specialist. I believe she is a very reliable resources. She has a tab for "freebies" that I looked at. Most of the resources I looked at where super useful and gave me ideas for helping those struggling readers.
     When looking at the actual blog, A Special Sparkle, there are a few things I see that I might change. First, it's a little bit overwhelming. I have hard time, when looking at the front page, finding anything with ease. There is just a lot going on. Another thing I might add or change, is a way to contact each specific author without having to go to their blog. Most, if not all of my concerns for this blog are things that don't really need to be changed and aren't really interfering with the success of the blog. I just think I would have liked it that much more if these things were different.