Set up blogs with classroom of Academic Writing with the mission to respond to th 5 traits of writing - what they know and didn't know about that topic. Found some difficulties with our District 112 network and needed to enable blogspot which seems to be working. When I had students email their blogspot address, many went into a quaratine file, or junkmail which never got to me. Our technology coorinator and district network administrator are strongly recommending "MOODLE" instead so we will have to investigate this tool for our users before I do another blogging experience with a classroom of students.
I have begun a "CHS Teen Readers Advisory" group which meets once a month during Options and once a month for "CHS Bagels and Books". We had our first meeting this week and students who attended are really liking the idea of having a blog set up for interaction, book recommendations so I will be creating an additional blog for that club. I have also used a blog in the past when we did a "Community Reading Event at PRC for The Kitchen Boy: The Last Tsar which allowed for an interchange of comments and discussion as we read the novel. I will be starting a CHS Staff Reading Group this next week and I think I will create a blog for that as well which will allow for exchange and discussion for all members -- and should prove to be an enriching experience for anyone interested whether they attend the meetings and discussions or not. Stay tuned...I have lots more to do.
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I will be anxious to hear how your blogging format goes! I, too, have thought that blogging would be a great way to communicate with students about books.
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