"So You Want To Teach?" Prevents Listlessness

The author of the blog So You Want To Teach finds most education blogs either too dry and academic or filled with too many rants and complaints. Thus, Joel Wagner's blog aims to be accessible, useful, and upbeat.

The recent post "25 Free Apps and Web Sites for Tech-Loving Teachers" will likely introduce you to a few new and interesting tools, including sites that help create flash cards and multimedia presentations. The list format is a theme—a few posts later, you’ll find "45 Tasks for Parent Volunteers in the Classroom" and "27 Classroom Management Secret Weapons."

The site is also heavily geared toward keeping teachers motivated, with guest posts from veteran teachers on combating burnout and strategies for finding mentors and developing circles of support in your school.