I reviewed Mrs. Gilbert's 3rd Grade Blog, and Blogmeister, which is a blog for first graders.
I shall first discuss Mrs. Gilbert's blog. The blog's last posting is from June of 2008, and it is a way for the students (the main audience) to keep in touch while they are on summer vacation. The blog's purpose is for students to learn how to blog, and to keep up with various third grade announcements. There are a list of fun learning activities for the student to do on the right side of the blog. (check out the Adaptation: Build A Beast, located under all the student names on the right.) It appears this blog is not currently being used, though last year it was started in October of 2007. It could be the teacher has not introduced her current class to blogging yet, or perhaps she has a separate blog for her new class. This tool is very limited to this specific class, and its potential dies as the students enter a new classroom as they are no longer her third grade class.
Blogmeister is currently used for K-2 graders. This is the teacher's third year maintaining this blog, and it is filled with great pictures of the students and their assignments. Teacher assignments are located on the left. The main audience is likely the teacher, the students, and possibly the parents of the students. Apart from describing and showing pictures of activities done that day, it does not appear the blog is used in concert with the classroom, though I am sure the students are getting a kick out of seeing their pictures on the internet.
4 comments:
I also love that the students were able to blog about what they were doing that summer. It seems like this is a great way for the kids to communicate with each other and keep in touch. Your post was good and it was nice to see another opinion about the summer blog.
I thought that was great that the students could keep in touch with the teacher over summer break. I also love that she kept them updated on the news about their grade and included fun stuff for them to do while they were on there.
Sounds like a great resource for students and parents to keep in touch. It is great that there are activities for the students. It is a shame if the teacher decides to discontinue the blog.
Allowing students to keep in touch through summer break, or for that matter, long after the child has left that classroom is a great feature! You are not just a teacher during the school year...but always!
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