This article was inspiring and I agreed with a lot of what it had to say!
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Blogging -- or Web logging -- most often is thought of as an activity for high school students. Did you know, however, that students as young as kindergarten age now blog on a daily basis in a variety of exciting ways?
This is the website called Middle web.com. It provided a lot of information on how to get started blogging with students.
One of my students wore Harry Potter robes to school one day. This gave me the idea for a prompt about where the Sorting Hat would place you
Sample lesson teaching students how to respond to each others' thoughts and opinions on a blog.
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We are currently reading Wonder. I thought it would be great to push the students and have them discuss Wonder using the blog.
This is where I got lesson ideas for starting kids off with a good understanding of expectations and what a blog is.
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I feel like I blog in a way on Twitter & receive great feedback. So, even if the blogging is small or large, it will be beneficial.
Not sure why I thought I didn't have a pic. Have one of these QR codes hanging in the hallway for people to scan to visit our class blogs.
How Magnets Work: iMovie
Students work with partners to create an iMovie that explain the properties of magnets.