In the past few days, we have been challenged by Tim Holt and Wes Fryer to perhaps rethink some of our thoughts regarding who we read on our blogs? I found it interesting to see, though I had not done it intentionally, that I was leaning toward the white-male-US voice. (However, I do have international and female blogs — but predominantly white male!)
So I thought I would post by blog listing here — and encourage you to do the same — so that we can learn from each other.
And here is a trick — in case you didn’t know — when you are in bloglines, and you click on the blog author to open the blog, you can also click above the title of their blog (while in bloglines) to their subscriber listing — which will open a listing of who subscribes to their blog — click on ANY name on that list — and TADA, there is a listing of the blogs they read. It’s a quick and easy way to find more blogs to read.
Enjoy,
Jen
I’ve been following the discussion re: Tim Holt’s article to various blogs. While I appreciate your candor re: posting your blogroll, what do you mean that your choice of reads is not “intentional?” If not intentional and conscious, then what is it? The blogs on your blogroll are no accident; they were actively chosen by you. Similarly, if you wanted to include a wider diversity of voices on the basis of race, ethnicity and gender, that would be an intentional, conscious act as well.
Hello
Yes, you are right — I intentionally choose the blogs I choose to read –
HOWEVER, I do not look to see who the writer is before I subscribe….if I like the content.
So — in other words, I subscribed to Crucial Thought or Remote Access — because I had read several excerpts from other blogs — and knew I would be reading interesting content. I did not look to see who the authors were before subscribing.
That is what I meant by my comment — and I admit that I have “intentionally” chosen the blogs I chose to read. I did not intentionally choose the blog authors.
I do the same with book authors — I look for content, not gender or where they are from.
Hope this makes sense.
Jennifer
The point about my original article was that the LEADERSHIP (however you wish to quantify it) is predominantly middle class middle aged males.
The challenge I see is how more people can be “invited to the buffet” which is web 2.0 in K-12.
It is an interesting topic, and although many of my esteemed collegues will say stuff like “The Internet is color blind” or “WEB 2.0 is all about thoughts and ideas and not about race” the fact remains that if the people making the thoughts are coming from a particular background, then we all should start moving towatrds being more inclusive.
Where are the minority voices in K12 Web 2.0 world?
They may be there, but for the most part, they are quiet indeed.