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A good blogging day!

Today I had the pleasure of traveling back to my elementary school to meet with Hillary Meeler and  the students. It was fun watching her with the kids. She was talking to them about what they had learned so far. She reviewed the process of blogging. They talked about good writing and thought-provoking questions. She gave them this handout:

  1. Read
  2. Think about what you are writing
  3. Make connections about what you are reading and what someone else is writing
  4. You may decide to write about what you are reading and even do some linking as you go!

And “a blogging” they went! They traveled over to Gordon Brune’s blogs with his 5th graders at Mamaroneck Avenue Elementary School in Mamaroneck, New York (USA). Gordon is doing a great job, too! Go to BlogWrite and click on the student blogs and check out the good blogging. Good reads!

Then when I got back to GSU and checked my email I had a link to the  January issue of District Administration Magazine and I get to read Bud Hunt’s words in the article Fast Forward!

“Tools like blogs and wikis could have a major impact on how students learn and communicate,” says Hunt. “They can bring teaching efforts together with the library, or with parents. And that’s very exciting.”

Bud and some other educators share their stories! Another good read! Yep, it’s been a good blogging day!

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2 Responses to “A good blogging day!”

  1. Gordon Brune Says:
    January 5th, 2006 at 6:43 pm

    Thanks for the “props” (as the kids say), Anne! I still always use “BlogWrite” (and your past work at H.H.House) as THE exemplar of blogging in the elementary grades.

  2. Christopher D. Sessums Says:
    January 6th, 2006 at 9:17 am

    I guess it’s true: everything I need to know I learned in elementary school!

    -c