I chose to view Mrs. Huff's English Class in her Blogs she has it set up like a wekkly update for her students. She outlines characters that they are reading about in Literature as well as what common mistakes people made on research papers (like not putting their header in the right place. She also puts up technology links to help them while doing papers for her class as well as assignments in class. She updates students who missed class in an attempt to keep them in the loop and i think that;s a great idea almost like high school web ct.
The second blog that i looked at was 7th and 8th grade math, this blog hasn't been used since June 30th 2006 but when it was being used it was helpful it has the assignments for each daily class split up into grades as well as current event, for instance there is a farewell passage to all the seniors because they had a graduation exercise that day, it's clearly targeted towards the students beacuse there are alot of surveys that were done in class that are posted on the blog so that the students knew that they had imput in the way the class was run. I like this idea and i think that it was a great way to comminicate with their students.
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I like the first blog that you explored. I think it is very imformative to the students to be able to log in and get an overview of what is going on. I belive that this would be a great resource for students when they are out and miss class. It is also good that the blog gives children resources on their homework and other activities.
I remember when I was this age, and reading stories where the class was taking an in depth look at the characters. It would have helped me IMMENSELY to have this tool to use in order to help study, or prepare for class.
Mrs. Huff has a great blog! It is a great resource for the students. She really spends a lot of time updating and organizing the blog.
It is a shame that the math blog is no longer being used.
I think Mrs. Huff is on to something. Having a place for students to use as a guide, updater, and recourse, will inevitably come in handy. There would be a decrease in late assignments and confusion, because the blog allows information that was covered in class, as well as, assignments that are expected to be completed. Additionally, parents can keep track with what is going on in class and feel included on their child's learning experience.
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