Kidblog

We are excited to have started something new with our students this week – blogging!

As you know from reading our classroom blog (and possibly many other blogs!), a weblog (or blog for short) is a place where one can publish his/her writing online.  Our student blog will be online (kidblog.org), but is password protected, meaning that it will not be accessible to everyone. Initially we are only going to allow students and teachers in our classrooms to access the blog.  If you are interested in checking it out, your child can show you how to log in with his/her username.  (Once we get the hang of blogging, we do plan to provide parents with a guest login and password so that you can read and comment on your student’s writing too).  At this time, we have asked that students do not post to their blog/post comments at home until we’ve had more practice.  Later in the year they will be allowed to blog and post comments outside of the school day. (To visit our kidblog, click on the kidblog tab at the top of the page, then click the link provided.)

Blogging allows our students the opportunity to develop their writing skills as well as to write for an audience. Students will write “posts” pertaining to books they are reading, science reflections, and will also be allowed to use their blogs as a journal.  Students will also be encouraged to read posts written by their peers and to leave comments/provide feedback on their writing.  All posts and comments will be approved by a teacher prior to being posted for all to read.

We are hopeful that blogging will encourage our students to write, provide them an opportunity to publish their writing, become a way to both give and to receive constructive feedback, as well as become a forum for learning internet and blogging etiquette.