Comments4Kids. Notes From McTeach: Learning to Blog Using Paper. That's right...you heard me!
And it's one of my favorite activities all year long. Paper Blogs. I use them to introduce my seventh graders to the idea of blogging and, more importantly, commenting. Let me just be clear right from the beginning. This was not my original idea! We also had to decorate our new blogs so they might reflect our own personality. I didn't require that their paper blogs actually look like blogs (we use Google Sites, in case you were wondering), but several of my students chose to be tech-creative. Of course, I'm getting ahead of myself a bit. After we were done writing and decorating our blogs in our blogging workshop, it was time to read some blogs. As you probably know, teachers are just great big kids at heart. Before I continue with my take on the lesson, let me share with you the original lesson developed by Leonard Low and shared with us at our workshop: The McTeach Version Step One Thank you.
Step Two Step Three The next day we start creating! "Yes! "Yes! Library.collaborizeclassroom. The scene when Atticus sits in front of the Maycomb jail, where Tom Robinson is being held, is a tense yet important moment.
Rewrite the scene from the perspective of one of the following characters. Select your character then write a first person narrative from his point of view. Your description of the scene should include your character’s thoughts on the trial, a reaction to Scout’s actions in front of the jail, and feelings about the conclusion of the scene. Please incorporate sensory details, dialogue from the text and information about the characters into your creative writing to bring it to life. Once you have posted your response, read the responses posted by your peers. Avg User Rating No rating yet Have you used this topic? Subjects English & Language Arts Grade Levels Grades 9-10, Grades 7-8 Author's Notes This is part of my complete set of questions on Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird. "
The Best Sources For Advice On Student Blogging. Though my classes have done some limited blogging and communicating with other classes in our International Sister Classes Project, I’m seriously considering trying it more seriously with one of my classes next year.
Because of that, I’ve been trying to learn more about other people’s experiences. I thought I’d in a short “The Best…” list the places I’ve found most helpful, and I’d certainly like to solicit other suggestions for additions to this list. Here are my choices for The Best Sources For Advice On Student Blogging: Sue Waters’ at The Edublogger (of course!) Has an excellent post titled Tips On Blogging With Students.
Silvia Tolisano at the Langwitches blog just this week began posting a series of Blogging Lesson Plans. Bill Ferriter at The Tempered Radical wrote a post about commenting on Voice Thread presentations, but it’s certainly applicable to commenting on blog posts, too. Student Blogging Guidelines is a great post by Kim Cofino. Here is a list of our class blogs. How (And Why) Teachers Should Blog. So how do I get techno-nervous teachers at my school to read my blog, write their own blogs and encourage their students to write one too? It seems that in order to ease them into this phenomena of blogs and their promise of expanding ones creativity, writing and collaboration skills, I might need to disguise it as journaling.
Language Arts and Reading specialists will love that! Right? How do I convince them that their students are thirsty for the knowledge they want to share but not the same way that they themselves obtained it? These kids are 21st century students and are adapting to a digital world that they are eager to learn from. Fortunately for teachers, blogs are surprisingly easy to use. As an educational tool, blogs may be integrated in a multi-faceted manner to accommodate all learners. If safety is a concern, try KidBlog . Want to learn more?