Weblog projects “Think-Abouts” 3
This post is a continuation of my thinking about the school weblog project for this year. Prior posts:
Meeting with a visionary principal
Weblog project “think-abouts” 2
Two weblogs have been made - the base one for the project and the principal’s weblog. Soon I will be moving this conversation over to the base weblog and making both sites public. The two weblogs have just been constructed, no content yet. This week I meet with the principal. I’ll be reviewing points we went over this summer, and leading her “one-on-one” through the “how-to’s of the weblog she has envisioned. I’m excited about trying to weave character education into a weblog in a meaningful way.
I’ll also meet with the new instructional technology specialist for the school and get her ideas. Hopefully, she will want a weblog, too. Later, after the beginning of the school craziness has passed, we will be getting some classroom teachers involved. I am also thinking about creating a current events type weblog to correlate with the over-all school emphasis on current events. This school watches a 10 minute current events program each day and then the teachers weave it right into the curriculum the students are learning. We hope to add some good writing activities into the mix. I’m thinking of discussing one of the events and tossing out some questions or issues for the students to ponder. Then invite comments at first and maybe later add some junior authors to the weblogs. We’ll see. I have way too many ideas swirling in my head and need to keep on thinking about it. I want to keep it simple yet effective and strive to find activities that the teachers will view as worthwhile.
I will get this list of possibilities ready for discussion with the teachers later.
I am open to any thoughts any of you out there have….
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