We are Blogging!

I have to give credit to Lindsey Walsh (U.E.S.). Thanks to her outstanding technology training I was able to put together this Blog page and also create another blog for my students. Lindsey, if you get to read this, my 1st and 2nd grade students are really enjoying the blogging experience. The whole idea of making a blog for myself and my students was overwhelming. However, once you start playing with it, is not as bad. I feel like just as I eventually got use to computers, e-mail, texting, facebook, etc., I will eventually get use to all of this blogging. I am still in a "get used to it" stage.

I started to use kidsblog.org to have my students blog about what they are learning in class. I have been using it as an exit ticket in math, where my students take the time to think about what they are learning and write about it. They are very excited about all of this. They were able to pick their own Avatar, and right now we are learning about how to make sure to read my posts and add comments to the right one. I have been asking them very general questions such as what did you learn today, and  sometimes I post math problems for them to apply what they had learned and write about their thinking. This has been a great tool to integrate technology in my lessons, provide an opportunity for critical thinking/problem solving skills, and integrate literacy skills in other subject areas. I am very excited with the prospect of having my students blog in the classroom.