Over Two-Hundred Education & Science Blogs * † - Department of ...

Daniel T. WILLINGHAM [, “associate professor of
cognitive psychology and neuroscience at the University of Virginia and author of “Cognition:
The Thinking Animal” . His research focuses on the role of
consciousness in learning”) – Brittanica Blog:
[TA=??] [BR=??].
Dave WINER (“. . . .pioneered the development of weblogs, syndication (RSS), podcasting,
outlining, and web content management software; former contributing editor at Wired Magazine,
research fellow at Harvard Law School, entrepreneur, and investor in web media companies.) –
Scripting News: [TA=962] [BR=8.9].
Michael WITTMANN (Associate Professor of Physics, Univ. of Maine, physics education
researcher) - PERticles, small notes on articles of relevance to Physics Education Research from
a vast array of journals: [TA=??] [BR=??].
Peter WOIT (Ph.D. in theoretical physics, lecturer in mathematics at Columbia, author of Not
Even Wrong: The Failure of String Theory and the Search for Unity in Physical Law
) - Not Even Wrong, Musings on math and
physics. [TA=145][BR=7.2]
Shirley WU (“currently a graduate student in biomedical informatics”) - One Big Lab, One small
world = One Big Lab. Exploring the potential behind open science, open access, and open
exchange of more than just ideas: [TA=36 in Feb09, ?? in
March09] [BR=??].
XANTOX (unknown) - Strange Paths, Physics, computation, philosophy:
[TA=20] [BR=7.0].
Z. ZAPPER (Research Physicist based in Chicago) - physics and physicists
Zapperz's physics blog, on the world of physics and physicists - this perspective comes from
someone who is a practicing physicist: [TA=??]
[BR=??].
Mary Ann ZEHR ("an assistant editor at Education Week. She has written about the schooling of
English-language learners for more than eight years. . . [she] will tackle difficult policy
questions, explore learning innovations, and share stories about different cultural groups on her
beat”) - Learning the Language:
[TA=29] [BR=9.5].
Carl ZIMMER (“. . . writes about science regularly for the New York Times and magazines such
as Discover, where he is a contributing editor and columnist.”) - Discover Magazine Blogs/The
Loom: [TA=443] [BR=8.9].
Bora ZIVKOVIC (“. . . .writes on "A Blog Around The Clock" which is a fusion of his three old
blogs: Science And Politics (a mix of science, politics, personal, blogging-about-blogging and
miscellaneous stuff), Circadiana (chronobiology and medicine of sleep), and The Magic School
Bus (academia and science education) - A Blog Around The Clock:
[TA=453] [BR=7.8].
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