Class Blogmeister

Well I started my students on Class Blogmeister and so far so good. They are writing a couple of stories: "The Worst Day of School Ever!" and "The Best Day of School Ever!" When they say, "I'm out of ideas." I reply, "How could this get worse/better?"

So far so good. They seem to really enjoy it, and they are using their word wall words. If this goes well I want to try VoiceThread next.

Computer Accounts

(rant)
I don't know why I even bother sometimes. One of my students accounts disappeared so they "fixed" it by giving her a new one. Now all her projects that we have been working on are gone. ME NO HAPPY!
(/rant)

Word Wall

I started using a "Word Wall" with my class. And we were trying to do some creative writing in the computer lab and the students started asking for their word wall words. So, I decided to make a word wall blog that they could use either in the lab or at home when doing assignments.

So far, so good.

Working With Words

I have started the four blocks program for reading with my students.  I am trying to implement the working with words block right now.  One of the activities is called "Guess the Hidden Word" and I made a Keynote (Mac version of PowerPoint) for my class.  The students were very interested and even my most reluctant students participated at a very high level.

I have tried to imbed a flash version of the presentation using a website called SkyAlbum.  Not sure if it is working.

Presentation

Breaking My Own Rules

I am going to break one of my own rules: Never run more than one major tech assignment at once.  Its a good rule and I have always followed it but I have another problem;  my students are ready to fall asleep the second I say it is time for social studies.  We are learning about pioneers and the unit is very dry so I am going to have them make a PowerPoint about a topic and then post them.  I will make a set of questions for the students to complete about each presentation.