tim footman just wrote about kids and blogs and literacy on the guardian website. read it - well, blogspot won't let me do a hyperlink today. so access his article via his own blog - go to my cool links on the right, click on "cultural snow" and access the article through tim's blog.
this is connected here, because i just started a blog for my students. because, oh, how i try to get them involved!
as we read slaughterhouse five, i assign a chapter to each student. that student is responsible for getting on the blog that i created and writing a critique/summary. all the other students in the class are then responsible for reading that entry and posting a comment about it and/or the book itself. we have just started, but the comments and entries are starting to come in, and i am - as always with these waverly students - impressed with their sincerity and their intelligent discussions of literature.
wanna read the blog? leave a comment here and i will separately send you the blog address - the students are worried about "strangers" getting on their blog and commenting. oddly, they don't mind this on their other internet activities.
on itunes: how embarrassing, a song from the current season of american idol. yes, i really like david cook's version of chris cornell's version of michael jackson's "billie jean." so i bought it. and i'm playing it. so what?
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Hi Amy: I would love to see the S-5 blog, if it's still open. It sounds like a great way to get the students to write relevantly.
Lisa
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