Comments on: ISB Round Up: Google Earth, YouTube, and Blogs

By: Jeff Utecht

Jeff Utecht — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:00:34 +0000

Laura,

If you want to collaborate and create something together….then a wiki where everyone can add to the site is your best bet.

If you want your students to write something and just want others to respond to the writings then a blog would be the better tool.

By: Laura Champagne

Laura Champagne — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 10:56:58 +0000

What great projects! I have just dipped my toes into the water with some of the technology becoming available. I am hoping to start my students into blogging or a wiki…. I’m not sure which one would fit best for collaborating with another classroom in another location. We are going to be working on writing for other audiences and receiving feedback.

By: Kristin Tarnas

Kristin Tarnas — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:02:59 +0000

Aloha Jeff-
I heard you speak on the bit by bit podcast and have passed on that episode to all my colleagues and to my principal (who used to work at ISB). I am wondering what you use for electronic portfolios and for blogging. I used a pbwiki (now pbworks) in my fifth grade class last year and had marginal interest, as in, excitement at first and then inactivity, although it was completely volunteer and experimental. I just started a tech club so I could get a smaller group going on some things to try out. I really enjoyed your talk on moving from consumers to producers- very inspiring!

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By: Kim Tufts

Kim Tufts — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 02:13:50 +0000

Jeff, You always inspire me. Just when I think I can’t do or try something, I see what you are doing there, and want to try that with my kids! The last time I used google earth in the classroom, I single-handedly brought down our entire district network! (13 computers only) What are they doing? Do they use a lot of computers at once, or just one? Anyone using wiki’s in the classroom rather than blogging?

By: Jeff Utecht

Jeff Utecht — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 00:44:15 +0000

Fantastic!

If you give me the URL to your blog I’ll add it to our world connection page.

By: Terry Parent

Terry Parent — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:45:43 +0000

This inspires me as an educator! I was at the T.E.L.L. Conference in which you addressed us via Skype. I started a class blog called The Spider’s Web, and all my students get excited to write all the time. I am always looking for other schools to expand our class audience. It’s great reading your thoughts. Keep it up!

By: Diane Quirk

Diane Quirk — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 16:34:35 +0000

Jeff,
Thanks for sharing your excitement for the work going on at your school. I’ve been excited about the opportunities I’ve had with some 4th and 5th grade teachers who had blogs last year but didn’t seem to have a direction to go in with them. As I read about your work and Kim Cofino’s work with classroom teachers, I’ve been using that inspiration to create lessons that we’ve been taking into the classroom to work directly with the students in a more considered approach to teaching the use of blogs. Our students are just getting started but making some progress.