Comments on: Starting the school year off with a blog!

By: Why blog with students? | Learning & Teaching

Why blog with students? | Learning & Teaching — Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:22:14 +0000

[...] I love this quote from The Thinking Stick about why blogging is important for students. “It’s not the blogging we feel is important [...]

By: Jim Beierle

Jim Beierle — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:46:34 +0000

I am new to this arena. I have had my doubts about how and why blogging is so important. Am getting my feet wet and have my own very amateur blog now. Will be watching your reports to see how it’s done. May even steal an idea or two, professionally done of course. Keep up the good work. I enjoyed your enthusiam

Jim B.

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 13 Sep 2009 03:36:56 +0000

I am really new to blogging as an educational tool. It looks like you have done some amazing things for the students and teachers in your districts. I would love to see how the students engage in the blogs over the year. Good luck.

Jim

By: Csmith

Csmith — Sat, 12 Sep 2009 22:53:37 +0000

I work in a district that is rather small and not super high tech. However, I would like to use blogs with my special needs langauage arts class to encourage writing. Since I’m starting from scratch I would appreciate any suggestions regarding sites, how to get admin and IT on board, how to notify parents, etc. Any help would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks!

By: LittleStar Magazine Online » A Blog Post, a Tweet, and a Connection

LittleStar Magazine Online » A Blog Post, a Tweet, and a Connection — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:53:46 +0000

[...] couldn’t have come at a better time with Clint H leaving a comment on my last post about a conversation he had with his IT [...]

By: A blog post, a tweet, a connection | The Thinking Stick

A blog post, a tweet, a connection | The Thinking Stick — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 10:34:02 +0000

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By: Clint H

Clint H — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:15:11 +0000

Hi J,

If parents are going to be rude and disrespectful of other students, I’m pretty sure that it’s already happening without the blogs! Perhaps the blogs can be used as a showcase of what these students are really good at. That might give those parents something else to talk about… FWIW.

By: Clint H

Clint H — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 08:10:43 +0000

I have a similar feud with our IT Director and the blogs provided on our SharePoint portal system. He has some very persuasive arguments for his ‘walled garden’ approach (including “nobody ever reads public blogs anyway so what’s the difference?”) and is adamant that it is difficult to incorporate a local WP MU install on our network.

My approach – this year – is to introduce as many teachers to blogging as possible, show them some excellent examples of public student blogs and let critical mass (hopefully) take control.

By: JGoldenberg

JGoldenberg — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:51:30 +0000

Hi,
We are starting a blogging program at our school this year. One of my teachers is reluctant to use the program because of “nosy parents”. She is worried about humiliating and embarrassing her special needs students by allowing parents (a few problem ones, really) to view their work. The worry is not that these parents would post comments, but rather would comment and gossip about these low students outside of school.
I really have no idea how to deal with this problem. Any suggestions?

Thank you!

By: Amber Teamann

Amber Teamann — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 11:54:39 +0000

RT @eChalk: RT @tylerbreed A great post from @jutecht on how he got every 5th-grader and teacher at his school blogging: http://bit.ly/3cmgQ