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about 2 weeks ago
ok yknow wat forget that i said any of this im just be retarded rite now lol
about 2 weeks ago
why do we even have school? its just another way to make people that dont care look real stupid or to make smart people a use for others to get slightly motivated to use stuff they will probly never use after collage. Even though im speakin outta slight anger and frustation, im just lookin at the tecnicalities of the whole school situation. Im not sayin that we shouldnt have some form of learning, im just saying that we should have a form of learning that doesnt make people stressed or pressured to do something they want because of others. But also, ask yourself, are you going to school bacause you want to or your expected to.
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about 6 months ago
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about 7 months ago
Hi,
I teach first grade in Shanghai, China at an international school. I use my blog as a communication tool with parents, as a way of showcasing student work and what we are doing in our classroom. I really enjoy it and am always looking for ways to make it better. Blogger is blocked in China, so my school uses WordPress, I use WordPress for my personal blog too.
Thanks,
Amy
about 7 months ago
I've started my first class blog and general website at http://www.andysclassroom.com for my grade 5 class. I use the weebly platform and now have all of my students writing their own blogs and creating their own website / e-portfolio. Some of the best student posts are also posted on the main website. It is possible to set up multiple blogs within the weebly websites and we are using that feature to create blogs that track specific subjects or projects. This is still evolving though but is showing some potential. I'm interested in getting feedback on the student blogs. If you want to have a look around email directly for the password.
about 7 months ago
Hi, I am a Stage 3 Primary School teacher with the NSW Department of Education, Australia. My class started blogging in August 2009 at: http://theblogfrogs.edublogs.org/
I chose edublogs because it was recommended to me by other teachers I had networked with and who were blogging. Apart from showcasing what my class is doing, class blogging is a powerful literacy tool with students gaining access to a world wide audience for their writing.
I will continuing with this blog in 2010 with my new class, a Year 6.
about 7 months ago
Hi Tom,
I co-teach an American Studies course. My partner and I model blogging 30+ juniors at http://www.anamericanstudies.com
We use Blogger. Initially we chose it because there were no ads and the students could customize the look of their individual blogs to their liking, without knowing any code.
It's been an amazing three years doing this: the students have really taken to this medium because we give them a lot of freedom in what they post. One piece of advice: if you start your students blogging, expect that something else will have to be cut from your curriculum. And be sure to validate the blogging within the walls of the classroom.
about 7 months ago
I started blogging way before I had my students blog. My Grade 1 Blog (http://avivadunsiger.blogspot.com/) was my first blog. I liked the ease of blogspot for uploading videos and photographs, and even though the Grade 1 students weren't writing the posts, I wanted them to be a focus of the posts.
@mrjarbenne introduced me to Litcircuits (a WordPress type blog). I use this blog for more of my professional blogging (http://grade1ad.litcircuits.com/). I am really interested in using technology in the classroom, so this is the focus of many of my posts. I also post about what my students are doing, as the Blogspot blog is written by me but focuses on all of the Grade 1 students. This blog has a more professional look, but it's a little more difficult to manage. I like how I have control over the comments here though.
@kathycassidy inspired me to get my students blogging. I wanted them to write their blog posts during literacy centre time, but I also wanted to ensure that they edited their posts before posting them. Even though they are only in Grade 1, they are writing for a global audience now, and I think that this editing piece is important. I didn`t know how to do this though, so I asked my question through my Twitter account. @mrjarbenne suggested that I use Posterous. This site allows me to e-mail in videos, pictures, and texts, and then everything is transformed into a blog post. It is not as pretty as other sites, but I liked the control that I could have over the posts. I just started blogging with my students in January, and right now they`re working together on the SMART Board in their literacy groups to write blog posts. They just love writing for an audience, and they are really working to ensure that they consistently complete their best work. This blog address is http://dunsiger.posterous.com/. I can`t wait to see what their blog entries look like by the end of the year!
about 7 months ago
I forgot, we also have a Netvibes page set up for easy checking of comments to solve the e-mail problem
http://www.netvibes.com/squeaker#General
about 7 months ago
We have a class blog with a WritingJournal Focus. They are contributing and commenting both within school and some from home. http://www.weblog.mundesleyjuniorschool.com/
It's a self hosted WP Blog, largely because we have a longstanding School Website http://www.mundesleyjuniorschool.com/ that has masses of host space set up in the US and they have automatic install of things like Wordpress. It's very easy to have as many as we might need.
We also have a new blog set up for projects that go on around the school. http://www.projectsblog.mundesleyjuniorschool.com/
about 7 months ago
Hello, my name is Graeme McCafferty and I am a Year 4 teacher from Scotland currently teaching in Dubai. My class have just set up a new blog that will follow us through our new topic based on the Endless Ocean game for the Nintendo Wii. I have stolen some of the great ideas from here! The children are loving it at the moment but not many parents are following what we are doing on the blog yet. You can check it out for yourself at year4divers.blogspot.com
about 8 months ago
I have a class “hub” page from which each of my 110 high school freshmen has a blog. They write 2x/month on an issue that relates to science or social studies. I'm an English teacher working within a freshman academy structure, which allows us to do quite a bit of interdisciplinary teaching. Working on my Master's thesis right now on how blogging across the curriculum increases student engagement and improves writing, and there's a lot of positive survey data I've received from students on this topic. If anyone's interested in my results, please let me know.
Class blog: http://mhsteam30910.blogspot.com (scroll down a bit for student blogs, coded for student protection)
about 8 months ago
As a principal I have found my school blog to be a big success with giving parents more timely info and more depth, when necessary.
http://rackerman.wordpress.bedford.k12.ma.us/
about 8 months ago
I started a blog for my high school http://burlingtonhigh.blogspot.com/ over a year ago to showcase what was going on at the school. I chose blogger because it looked pretty easy to use.
At the same time, I stopped sending newsletters home and used the blog as the resource for people to learn about the school. The thing that actually got a lot of traffic to the blog was posting about athletic teams. For example, last March over 10,000 visitors went to the BHS Principals Blog to get updates on the team's progress. I even did some live blogging on my phone from the games.
This year, I have done very little about athletics and the traffic to blog has still increased. I am trying to keep the conversation about education. At the same time, we have started an athletic blog to keep the information flowing about sports.
The feedback from parents about the blog has been great and it has allowed a great forum for topics that people wanted to provide feedback on. In addition, it allows the school to be the first to deliver news on big events at the school. In fact the local newspaper will call after seeing things on the blog.