"Hello! I just joined this group - I am a high school math teacher and just learned about blogging and its use in the classroom. I plan to use it weekly, but I am a little timid/ nervous about it and if I will be able to be consistent with it. I was…"
"Hi Everyone
I first started a classroom blog when I began my own journey into the world of blogging in October 2006. At the start of this year. I began again using a different blogging platform- Room 3's Blog. After a couple of weeks I had a large…"
"Hi Jennifer. We just started our blog last spring so blogging is fairly new to us too. However, the children took to it quickly and, I guess, so did we (my co-teacher and I). We always assigned blogs based on lessons in class...book discussions,…"
"Hi. I am the regular ed teacher in this collaborative with Christine Southard. One great key for improving writing skills was the ClustrMap on the blogsite. We would look at it in class frequently, showing the children how it was growing and…"
"I work in a 5th grade inclusion class and the majority of our students like blogging. They like sharing their ideas online. As with all students, especially elementary students, editing was a little bit of an issue. We, my co-teacher & I, taught the…"
"I teach English as a foreign language, I started blogging for my students in March. The idea is that they use their English outside the classroom. They’ve written comments but only one of them volunteered to write posts. I’m going to open another…"
"Good luck with your second Master's degree. One Master's was enough for me!
I'm very interested in how your students react to blogging. I've worked with ESL classes in blogging, but never Special Ed classes. Do you find that your students are able…"
"Jo, I'm impressed with your work and the work contributed by your students. Have you had any issues with students posting inappropriate material? If so, what did you do to fix the problem?"
"Hiya! I"m a Special Education Teacher in a 5th Grade Inclusion Classroom. This September, I'll also be going back to college. I'm pursing a 2nd Masters in Educational Technology through a collaborative effort between my school district and a local…"
"Hi, I blog with three classes at a secondary school in Australia. My Year 7s are blogging off the main blog site: you can access their blogs through http://mrsmac2022.learnerblogs.org and my year 9s are blogging at http://jomcleay.com/year9 Please…"
I agree that every teacher should blog. I'd imagine that this will happen as a generational change though. In my geographical area, most teachers I see are more concerned with their golf handicap, and their upcoming retirement. (I live in…"
I'm actually not a "classroom" teacher, per se, right now - at least not of a teacher of children. My students are teachers. I use blogs with my Professional Development classes - and have had a blog for my last three classes…"
A K-6 school of 320 students, beginning in the world of blogging. The potential is vast, and I am slowly bringing the staff around to see the benefits. (One at a time)."
Hello Group.I thought this might be a good place to list the classroom blogs that we are involved in.I guess I could start by adding a comment stating a bit about ourselves, and a link to our blog. Anyone have a better suggestion?
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Great to meet you at the NSWCEG conference. Hope the rest of the vacation was good for you !!
Roger