I want to know if Chad is feeling any better. I called another friend that is teaching and she is sick too. Something must be going around.
Its a Friday night and my focus now shifts to my class at ISU. I really need to get my kids into the computer lab and onto the computers but I struggle with what to have them do. Too bad I dont have a blog set up and they could post a message to their pen pals. I continue to think about ways I could use it in the classroom. I would love to hook them up with a classroom abroad. I know of an Ankeny HS science class that has their students working with a class in Norway or Finland. I wonder if I could set one up with my web page.
If anyone knows of any good on line programs that would be good for my kids to practice any of their academic skills, let me know. Any fun math programs, besides FunBrain.com, would be very much appreciated.
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What ages are your kids Debra? I have some reading websites for lower elementary kids.
Hey Debra, I am feeling better...not a 100%, but better! Thanks for asking! Are you interested in setting up a blog for your class? Last year I started blogging with my kids. We use the site epals school blog, which is a safe, classroom blog site. I really enjoyed working with blogs, although it took some time for the kids to get use to. We used it mainly in reading/language arts. I had the students write book responses, short stories, and respond to questions that I would post. I started it in the spring, so there were a lot more things I wanted to do. I hope to get mine started back up this year. I hope that gives you some ideas!
Glad you are really thinking about how you might use this type of technology in your classroom. Keyboarding skills are an issue - but look for ways that you might avoid as in my other post. Also, in two weeks we are going to have a guest speaker who is going to talk about NING - another 'safe' online blog-type environment. I think you will find that interesting as well.
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