Passing the ‘blogging” torch
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three years of blogging at the best elementary school in Georgia!
That’s what I have had the priviledge to do and now it is my pleasure to pass the
“blogging” torch to Hillary Meeler! What joy! She is the instructional
technology specialist at the school. She has her group and it is
exciting to point you to the class blog, appropriatedly called Blog Write.
What is really neat is that I get to be part of their audience and
comment, comment, comment! I hope you will join me because I know we
will see some amazing posts! Bloggers emerging! Blog Write! I do
like the sound of those words!! I know Hillary will do an incredible
job of guiding the students. I was able to work one on one with her
last year and she gets it! Listen to part of her first post…..
- Think about what you are learning in and outside of school.
- Pick a topic that is relevant and interesting to you. Read more
about it. Also re-read to clarify your knowledge. Use books,
internet, newspaper, TV, and other resources to extend your learning.
- Write about your learning experience on your blog. Remember to
give credit to the people or sources you used on your learning
journey.
- End your post with a thought-provoking question that will encourage others to comment.
- Proofread your post. Have a peer edit it and get help from the teacher if you need it.
- Pubish your post on your blog to the internet.
Now
go read the rest of her first post. She’s hooking the students and
setting the stage. I love it! She is an excellent teacher and blogger!
I’m
sure I’ll get to visit her and the school “bloggers” a few times
this year. I look forward to that!
I’ve already pointed you to several of the other blogs at the school. I
know more will follow! Now I’m waiting to hear from a high school that
expressed interest about a blogging project at the end of last
year. They wanted to begin this school year. I’m not sure if they still are interested but if not I’ll soon be
on another search soon for a school “ready and willing to blog!”
August 29th, 2005 at 10:41 am
Well, I must admit that taking the torch from such an outstanding and well-known blogger is both exciting and scary! I was very fortunate last year to learn from the BEST, and I hope I do you justice this year with the web writers (that is our group name we came up with last week). One thing is for sure, however, I am working with some of the best students in GA!
September 16th, 2005 at 1:43 pm
Your site is realy very interesting!