Today's Thought

Today we are on a "2 hour delay", and one of the first questions we get peppered with by students on days like this is "what are we doing today? While most teachers do a "wrap-up" at the end of each lesson that includes reminders about what "next class" will include, now whatever you had going on for that class has to change. Blogs would be a great way to quickl get out to your kids - "what were doing today, since the bell schedule & class time is very different & shorter". I know most middle & high school teachers can identify with the need to get out to kids "what were doing today" without having to verbally repeat it 49 times over the course of the day....

Blogging about Blogs

I've been reading a lot about how to use blogs in the classroom, and there surely seem to be a lot of potential for many different teaching & learning streams that can "flow" from a class blog. There are a lot of opportunities for collaboration, interaction, web publishing, and analytical thought to become part of regular class experiences. Their ability to accomodate documents, images, sound & video, as well as their feature that allows for tracking really enables seemingly endless opportunities. I sense an authentic problem here......

Today - the first blog in the next blog of your blogging life!

Today was the first day in our cohort's final semester, we are all re-energized and ready for the culminating charge. I feel as if I have an additional connection to the seniors at the high school where I teach, as they are begining their "final semester" as well.