In Mrs. Cassidy's 1ST Grade class in Moose Jaw, Canada, they are using blogs to not only provide parents a way to stay informed about what their children are doing, but they also use blogs to help students learn to read smoothly. On their classroom blog at Mrs. Cassidy's Class Blog , students read sentences as they are being recorded using a tool called vocaroo . Then they post it to their blog under their name so that they can monitor themselves on reading smoothly. This is a wonderful idea that I think will be useful to all beginning readers. The class also post video's to display what they are learning in different subjects and their learning creativity that's used to understand what's being taught. I really liked how this class uses blogs.
Jennifer Gringerich of Hubbard, Oregon is a former elementary school teacher of 9 years who now is a trainer/consultant in educational technology. She uses blogs to educate teachers on ways technology can be implemented in the classrooms. On her blog, Jennifer Gringerich , she uses a normal black background with white text and colorful photos to catch her readers attention. One post that caught my eye was of this years inauguration. Once you select that post to view, she discusses having a live chat with any classroom who wants to share their views. For the chat she had integrated a link called stinto that the teachers would use to participate. This blog page is very informative on ways technology can be used to make learning fun and challenging.
WOW! Way to go girl! Oh and by the way.. where are you?! I got a computer open by me! =) Hope all is well.
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