Blogging is a form of writing and for young writers, AKA our students, it can be an exciting venue to express their thoughts and complete assignments! I experimented with student blogging at the end of last year in June. Yes, it was the last month of school and I...
These last few weeks have proven to be an exciting opportunity for my students. Overall, they LOVE blogging. Whether they have stuck to completing only the writing assignments I’ve given them or have posted multiple posts on their own, each student has proven...
The next step to getting students to blog after showing them the process with paper blogs and assuring students’ safety online is to get them onto their own blog! I am using Kidblog.org. Many of my PLN use this as well. It is proven to be a safe site, is...
My students are now blogging online! It’s quite exciting. We started by working through the blogging concept and process using paper blogs and a week later, we put those same ideas on our class blog. But first, we needed to make sure we were safe! In fact, I...
I’ve decided to take my students on a fun-filled blogging journey for the last few weeks of school. In some ways I think I might be crazy trying to do this in such little time, but my guts are telling me to, “Just do it!” I’m glad I listened!...
