Monday, March 26th, 2007...2:15 pm
A Blogging We Will Go!
After attending a workshop last week on Blogging, Wikis, and Podcasting I decided that blogging is the perfect tool for providing a quick and convenient means for professional communication among the teachers, librarians and administration here at Hueytown High.
The explosion of information made possible by advances in technology has given schools and their library media programs more options to assist students in acquiring information. The question is, “How do we teach and learn with our students to use our newest technologies to take action to provide ourselves and our students with the essential information?”
We need to share our stories and ideas that guide our pathways to decision making concerning the gathering and presenting of this information. Converstions among teachers often lead to better clarity, deeper understanding, and renewal. Hopefully you will find some of these qualities in this blog as it evolves in addressing our professional needs and quest for information.
Your thoughts? (Click on ”Add a Comment” to share your thoughts.)
4 Comments
March 28th, 2007 at 2:36 pm
I went to a writer’s conference on blogging that was very interesting. I would love to create a class website and a blog, and at the conference I learned about a few websits that will set up a blog for you for a low monthly rate. I am considering looking into that for next year, and hoping I could use some of my classroom money to pay for it. I’m not sure that is possible since a blog is not something you can order from a catalogue, but it’s worth checking on.
I think a class blog would be a great way to open up communication between parents, teachers and students; plus it would give students an outlet to practice writing since blogging and MySpace have become so popular.
March 28th, 2007 at 3:12 pm
I think this is a wonderful idea! Most of the really great projects I have done are great only because some other teacher came up wtih the idea…I just borrowed it. So, send me more ideas! I would love to read them!
March 28th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Traci,
This blog was created using Edublog, an educational blog site and it is FREE. I will be glad to help you set up a classroom blog. Also, Marianne Coleman is teaching an in-service on creating a classrom website. It will be May 2 after school. Let me know if you would like to sign up.
Marcia
March 28th, 2007 at 9:21 pm
Edublogs is great and FREE! You can moderate all comments and other posts so you do not have to worry about inappropriate material getting posted on your blog. If you are worried, we are working on a teacher/student policy for JefCoEd to help you out. I will be glad to provide some more training if you need it. We will have sessions at the back to school conferences in July. Watch for them. In the meantime — happy blogging. Please visit mine!
http://www.supertech.edublogs.org
I always want to hear your thoughts and opinions – it helps me to get you what you need!
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