Showing posts with label elementary students. Show all posts
Showing posts with label elementary students. Show all posts
Sunday, December 27, 2009
Saturday, March 31, 2007
Visiting some grade 6 bloggers
About 6 weeks ago I spent some time with three teachers in our district to talk about the ways in which student blogging might used to improve written output. Last week I visited one of the classes and talked with the students and their teacher about the experience to date. We also looked at some other student blogs and discussed what the characteristics of a good comment are.
I did an impromptu interview of some students, walking around the room with my microphone equipped iPod.
I left the raw .wav file with the teacher and he turned it into a What we learn from blogging podcast posted on his weekly blog update to parents.
If you were going to tell these students what you have learned from blogging, what would you say?
I did an impromptu interview of some students, walking around the room with my microphone equipped iPod.
I left the raw .wav file with the teacher and he turned it into a What we learn from blogging podcast posted on his weekly blog update to parents.
If you were going to tell these students what you have learned from blogging, what would you say?
Thursday, March 22, 2007
Eddie's Rainbow of Thoughts
Eddie, a grade 5 student who blogs, created this inspiration or kidspiration document to show graphically his thoughts about blogging.
If you want to read more from Eddie, go to: Eddie's Rainbow of Thoughts.
He has an interesting style and I will be using his blog as an example for the elementary teachers I want to encourage to incorporate blogging into their classes.
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
A Perfect Day
It's amazing what can be accomplished with a class size of three and motivated learners. I had a great time working with three excellent teachers who wanted to find out more about how blogs might be beneficial for their students. They would like to link their classes (they teach in three different schools) by sharing blog topics, peer editing and commenting. What a great idea.
The tool I chose to introduce them to is Class Blogmeister, a site created and managed by David Warlick. David has given the community a fabulous tool which fits right into the needs of the elementary class ... it offers a secure and safe place for students and their teachers to discover the value of sharing writing and other creative work. I have taken a look at Blogger and some of the other sites out there, including ones specifically designed for children, but Class Blogmeister really suits what I think our classrooms need.
They quickly discovered many other neat things that can be done with the classroom blogs with the simple addition of html in many of the text fields.
I'm looking forward to seeing their results.
The tool I chose to introduce them to is Class Blogmeister, a site created and managed by David Warlick. David has given the community a fabulous tool which fits right into the needs of the elementary class ... it offers a secure and safe place for students and their teachers to discover the value of sharing writing and other creative work. I have taken a look at Blogger and some of the other sites out there, including ones specifically designed for children, but Class Blogmeister really suits what I think our classrooms need.
They quickly discovered many other neat things that can be done with the classroom blogs with the simple addition of html in many of the text fields.
I'm looking forward to seeing their results.
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