A friend of mine asked this question:
Pat, do you know of any biblioblogs that deal particularly with…
1) teaching biblical studies in general
2) using tech in biblical studies ed (e.g. class wikis, PPT, Blackboard, etc.)?
So, I put the question to you all. What do you think? My friend is especially interesting in Hebrew Bible and ANE stuff, I think. But it sounds like he’s open to broader topics in biblical studies too.
Doing a quick search of biblioblogs (or biblicablogs, if you prefer) on the words “pedagogy,” “education,” “teaching” and the like (especially combined with “tech” or “technology” or one of the specifics he mentioned), as well as leaning on my gut, here are some possibilities coming to mind (in no particular order):
- Tim Bulkeley’s SansBlogue
- Chris Heard’s Higgaion
- John Hobbins’ Ancient Hebrew Poetry
- Mark Goodacre’s NT Gateway
- A. K. M. Adam’s AKMA’s Random Thoughts
- The now-defunct Bible Software Review blog would’ve been an option
- There are some of these topics also dispersed at Awilum, PaleoJudaica, Hypotyposeis, Blue Cord, etc. They are topics that hit close to home for bibliobloggers, so one would expect a lot of talk about them. But I think the ones I listed above probably touch on my friend’s questions the most.
- I would suggest doing a search of biblioblogs for these topics with the customized biblioblog search (also, this one).
Any corrections or additions?
4 Comments
April 4, 2008 at 3:55 am
I’m heavily reliant on Blackboard in my teaching (both in biblical studies and elsewhere) but I don’t blog on it much. I might run a series on it later this spring as I work through some pedagogical issues for summer session and beyond. However, if your friend wants to chat, give him my name.
April 4, 2008 at 4:29 am
I’d have to mention the Tyndale Tech blog whose subtitle is “Electronic resources for Biblical Studies”. And I think Rick Brannan’s blog Ricoblog mixes the two mediums as well, although he’s decidedly a Greek guy as opposed to Hebrew Bible and ANE.
April 4, 2008 at 9:03 am
You might check out Tyndale Tech: http://tyndaletech.blogspot.com/.
April 5, 2008 at 3:39 am
You might aloso mention my http://asiabible.wordpress.com the focus up to now has not primarily been on the process of teaching or on the use of technology but the first is sure to change as I return from the trip and reflect on the experiences, and the tech stuff is likely to grow in the future – assuming the blog lasts
Sansblogue is a temporary project too, started in 2005!