Weekly Post

Today we are turning in our final drafts for our tri-fold brochures. I suppose we will be starting our web sites today also-GOODY!

Web Site

I'm beginning to think I would like to change my story board for my web-site. I like the myths behind the powers of gemstones and crystals; however, I probably don't need to have my sanity questioned by fellow future-educators! Maybe I'll stick with it until I start getting "strange" looks.

Sweetheart Day

I was just searching for examples of k-12 international blogs(no luck) when I realized it is once again Valentine's Day. I don't know how I manage to forget every year. I suppose it's usually because I'm caught up in Mardi-Gras; however, that certainly has not been the case this year. I have a good start on my story board for my web site. Dr. Strange, if you happen to read this, please give me some ideas of where to look for international blogs. OK, guess I'd better go try to find a box of candy!

k-12 classroom example #2

While searching for classroom blogs, I came across a computer teacher who refers to herself as a "cool cat" aka. Vicki Davis. She posts weekly assignments for her students and has them make individual entries to post their answers to their assignments, like I am doing right now. It isn't the blogging itself that caught my attention- it was the individual blogs. When you click on a student's name, it takes you to that student's personal blog where you can find each assignment posted by that student. I read blogs that looked similar to some of my earlier blogs- some as simple as "I'm here- what now?". She must really be a cool teacher for I read a blog from one of her students begging for more time on the assignment. He had apparantly deprived himself of sleep-out late due to extracurricular activities- and had run out of time on the assignment. I will face these same situations as an educator and will have to make the decision weather or not to extend due dates. I probably will not be a "cool cat" teacher. To visit this blog click here.

Science Blog k-12 example

I found a classroom blog of a science teacher in Littleton, Colorado. I think her methods of instruction are clever. She engages her students in discussion by posting a thought and having them comment on it through blogging. She posts contraversal topics such as stem cell ethics, evolution, and cloning. She also adds links for her students to go to in order to view videos and read materials. The comments and opinions of her students vary widely and are based primarily on personal religious beliefs.If you would like to visit this website click here.

Weekly Post (Feb4-Feb10)

While searching the web for k-12 classroom blogs, I came across one blog to a high school in Albany, New York I found to be interesting. Some students have links to personal blogs, while others blogs are school- related. There are lots of blogs about community and national news as well as schoolnews. Apparantly Albany High has had a recent history of violence. There seems to be tension mounting between uptown-downtown students which causes several fights to break out. The issue of racial differences has been commented on by several students and some outside sources as well. I read some interesting comments from a mother of bi-racial students. If you want to visit this web site click here. These will be the issues we face as educators in the future.

Feb.1

Today we are supposed to start a tri-fold brochure (another term I am unfamilar with), but that's what were here for- to learn.