"Great! We used Blogger as well, so I envision the same for next year. I teach in a freshman academy, meaning I team with social studies, science, and math in teaching the same 120 students. We blogged every other week on the theme…"
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"Mike or Bob -- I teach high school English, and I've done a lot in the past year with blogging. Would love to connect with other classrooms. We are currently on summer break, but that provides ample time for setting up partnerships! Just…"
Sue Waters replied to Katherine Schutte's discussion Blogging in the group Classroom 2.0 Beginner Group!"Good to hear and you will enjoy. It only started this week and already over 300 blogs.
The count yesterday was 253 individual student blogs and 65 class blogs participating from twelve countries (USA, Austalia, New Zealand, Argentina, Mexico, South…"
"Thanks for that info! I'm in!"
Sue Waters replied to Katherine Schutte's discussion Blogging in the group Classroom 2.0 Beginner Group!"The Student blogging Challenge has just started this week and it is an excellent way of connecting students with other students from around the World while also stepping them through the blogging process. Each week they are given tasks that help…"
"Yes, I have already created one, but the students will be in the computer labs for the first time tomorrow setting up individual blogs. The site will be: http://mhsteam30910.blogspot.com/"
Graeme replied to Katherine Schutte's discussion Blogging in the group Classroom 2.0 Beginner Group!"Hi Katherine,
I'm guessing that you will also have a parent blog for your freshmen at some stage? Given that they will be closer in age (and writing/blogging ability) to my students they may be a better match. Let me know if this is the case,…"
"I have high school freshmen (age 14-15) and seniors (age 17-18), and I would love to connect with yours! I am in Illinois, USA. Our blogs are just beginning, but I will certainly stay in touch in the coming weeks. Thanks for your website."
Graeme replied to Katherine Schutte's discussion Blogging in the group Classroom 2.0 Beginner Group!"Hi Katherine,
I have the same issue. My students and I are relatively new to blogging, and we have now reached a point where we would love to have a "global audience", and also read and comment on the blogs of other students. Our class…"
Candace Townsley replied to Katherine Schutte's discussion Blogging in the group Classroom 2.0 Beginner Group!"It might be easier to use a Wiki instead of a blog. We use Wikispaces. (I'm not familiar with Blogger.)"
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Does anyone know of an easy way to connect student blogs (found on Blogger) with other students around the world? I would love to give my kids a real-world audience, but I don't know how to make that happen.
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- I teach high school English and work as a photographer on the side. I am also in the process of writing my thesis, which focuses on blogging across the curriculum to increase student engagement and understanding in the content areas.
Comment Wall (4 comments)
- At 11:31am on May 31, 2010,
Bob Zenhausern said… - I just took a look at your info and see you are in the midst of a dissertation. I directed dissertations in psych and ed for 35 years since I retired. I know design, stat analysis, and data interpretation.
Let me know if I can help.
- At 1:24pm on May 30, 2010, Bob Zenhausern said…
- Penny and Jim are from Cleveland. Probably not kissing cousins.
- At 10:22am on October 21, 2009,
Mitch Weisburgh said…
- Katherine, I'd love to do an interview or perhaps have an article by you on collaborative writing for my blog at http://www.thewritingteacher.org.
Please let me know if you are interested.
- At 7:07pm on September 1, 2009,
Mark Cruthers said… - Hi Katherine,
With your interest in Web 2.0 Tools, I recommend you take a look at Wiziq's virtual classroom and authorstream's power point presentation platform. Both are web based platforms, have a bunch of features and free basic service. Here’s a public class recording you might find of interest.
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