Guest Thinkers — February 16, 2011

Who makes up the edublogosphere? – Part 1

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Are edubloggers mostly white and middle class? What proportion of edubloggers have advanced degrees in instructional technology?

Brian Grenier wants to find out the answers to these and other questions. If you’re an education blogger, please

complete his quick survey (if you’re really bold, put your blog URL in the comments area!), and

spread the word via your own blog so that others will complete the survey too.

Let’s help Brian get a decent set of data. These questions would have been great to include on my Education Blogosphere Survey in January!

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