I visited Room 9 and liked how it was set up. There were different tabs for different subject areas. This blog has given me some ideas of how I would like to set up my class blog. As an Intervention Specialist, many times I teach many levels of Language Art and many levels of Math. I can set my classroom blog up like Room 9 with each of my class periods having a separate tab.
When looking at the student blogs, it was like a lightbulb went off inside my head. When I was thinking of doing a classroom blog, I was dead set on using students' first and last names. What was I thinking? I can just have students use their first names. Duh!
Overall, I think that the Russell Street School blog is a great example of a school blog. It gave me great ideas for when I have my own classroom blog and potentially school wide blog.
I, too, was inspired to think about ways to set up blogging this coming school year. It was a great experience to see such a vivid example of blogging in an elementary school. When our class began, I began searching for examples on the internet, and came upon Russell Street School.
ReplyDeleteRussell Street School is definitely a great example of blog usage. That is interesting that when you searched for examples that it came up.
DeleteI teach reading and math intervention. What a great idea for a blog. I had not thought of that before.
ReplyDeleteWhat grade level(s) do you teach reading and math intervention?
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ReplyDeleteI agree that the Russell Street School's blogs are really great models for us to follow. I like how you are taking what you have observed and translating it to meet the needs of your students and school. I am glad that you are talking with your principal...and impressed that you use twitter already. Having the support of administration is really important, don't you think?
Thanks for your post!
Judy