Our first Fall session began in
the AT&T Classroom this morning with teacher Kristin Blake & her third
graders from Walls Elementary (Kent City Schools). Across the six weeks, the students
will begin each morning by posting to their class blog. The term Blog
is short for Web Log and refers to an
online space where a user can share information by posting text, images, audio,
or video. Our third graders have a class
blog where they are able to do their daily writing prompts and share their
writing with Mrs. Blake and their classmates. Providing opportunities for
students to “blog” allows children to further develop their literacy skills
while also providing them with authentic writing experiences. Mrs. Blake’s class blog is hosted on the KidBlog
site, a free blogging site designed specifically
for use by K-12 teachers and students.