Wojtera's Words-1st Grade
I choose this blog because the class was located in Virginia, USA. I loved this blog, it was very well organized and cute. She posts almost every day, which I believe encourages the parents to check it daily as well so they can keep up with what their child is currently learning about in school. She had some great resources posted as well. Such as a great subtraction game children can play online. Check it out at http://fun4thebrain.com/subtraction/pumpkinsub.html I also thought it was great that she has a class wiki. She is promoting technology at such a young age, which is the best time for them to learn.
The Tillis Tribune - Mrs. Tillis’s Second grade class
I choose this blog because it was a school in Florida. I wasn’t very impressed with the layout and posts of this blog. She doesn’t post enough but she does post weekly newsletters to the parents which is a great resource for them. I believe that she should post more of what the students are learning, whether it be pictures or a video. I did however real like that stars post she made; it included pictures of the students work.
http://picasaweb.google.com/jilltillis/Planets?feat=flashalbum#5436333617364984354 It’s really neat and interesting to see how different students think and what they find interesting about the subject being taught.
Georgetown Elementary School
I choose this blog because it was the whole entire school. It includes a link to each teachers own classroom blog as well. There was so much information provided on the school blog such as a stomach virus alert. This is great way to inform parents of things as such so they can take needed precautions. The school blog also posted video footage from assembly they held as a school. After looking at the wonderful school blog, which even included a countdown to thanksgiving that was very cute, I looked at Miss Burmeister’s 5th grade class. I choose this one because I thought it would be interesting to see what 5th graders are learning about. One thing I found I thought was great was she had several math website links for the students and parents. http://www.fun4thebrain.com/index.html This is a great website for students to practice their math skills.
Room 17
I choose this blog because it was an art class that consisted of 8 and 9 year olds in Australia. I thought it would be interesting to see how other students learn out of North America. I enjoyed looking at all the different art projects they did. I especially liked to poems they did for their fathers on father’s day. I enjoyed reading each of them. http://cvivian.edublogs.org/2010/09/03/our-fathers-day-poems/
Room 17 I thought was very good also. I love art and it can be used as a great learning tool if we incorporate it correctly... ie I had students make spiders out of 8's and I gave them six legs : /
ReplyDeleteThe Tillis Tribune is one that I looked at while doing my post for this assignment. I thoight all of the ones you chose were interesting. They would all be very good models for class communication tools. I enjoyed looking at different countries and making comparisons, too.
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