Students in Mrs. Mulvaney and Mrs. Downey’s Language Arts Class are at it again! This time they created Cause and Effect Popplets about the book Rosa Parks: Freedom Rider. Many of them blog with different teachers, but you can see their work by clicking on the links below. Mrs. Downey’s Students Mrs. Mulvaney’s Students Mrs. Corbett’s Students [...]
There is quite a bit of excitement in the 4th and 5th grade hall at one of my schools. And believe it or not, it’s all about WRITING. Yep! Writing journal entries, writing free writes, writing news reviews, writing assignments. Why? Because students here are using blogs to write! After a few lessons on safety, [...]
Fourth Graders in Mrs. Corbett’s class created interactive posters about famous authors! They used a service called Glogster Edu to create these posters! Here are a few examples of their work. You can see them all on the class wiki . It’s amazing how engaged the kids were while working in Glogster! Here is [...]
I believe that in today’s world of technology every teacher should have a web presence–a way for parents, students, and others to learn more about their class. If you don’t, here are some quick and easy ways to start a class webpage. Once you have it finished, be sure to let your schools’ webmaster know [...]
Yes, it’s true! Mrs. Allen’s and Mrs. Wiggington’s second graders at Oak Grove are blogging on their very own blogs! They would love to recieve comments, so be sure to check them out periodically. Soon they will be writing about things they are studying in their curriculum! Here are their blogs: Mrs. Allen Mrs. Wiggington [...]
Mrs. Hudson’s and Mrs. Graves 5th grade classes at Clearbrook Elementary are blogging! I’m so proud of the hard work both the teachers and the students are putting into this project! The kids are very excited, especially about comments they’ve received from some college students in Alabama. They worked really hard on writing posts [...]
Following the our iGoogle Workshop, I’ve had a few requests for blogs to add to your iGoogle page. Here are a few I like to follow: Technology in Elementary Classrooms: Welcome to NCS-Tech Instructional Technology Specialist Artful, Tuneful, Beatful Digital Passports My Technology Journey Primary Preoccupation Tech Thoughts by Jen Other ITRTs (Pam Elgin) Technology [...]
Summer School is officially over for this year, but the students wanted to express their thanks to those of you who commented on our classroom blog. They were constantly asking me if I knew the people that made comments. They were excited to check, and eager to write back. I even watched their commenting begin [...]
I’m in the middle of teaching Summer School to some great second graders, and they have been posting to a class blog to practice writing skills. They are really excited about the possibility of recieving comments from people, as well as intrigued with the cluster map on the blog. If you have a free moment, [...]
Kelly Baer and the 4th grade Bloggers group at East were interviewed on GenTech Podcast. The GenTech podcast is a weekly conversation about a particular tool or trend, and how it can be used educationally. If you’d like to hear what they had to say, click on the links below! Field Report #12: Kelly Baer [...]
