Blogs
We've started blogs this week. I posted this to my Monroe5A blog, the blog which I am using to model for my students this year.
First Day of Blogs
The students were so excited to sign up for their blogs today! It's been a few weeks in the making, but we finally did it. Everyone who came to school today was able to register their blogs!
During our Computer time today, I went with the class to help them log into their Google Apps for Education accounts and activate their Blogger services. Everyone was able to name their blog (appropriately, of course) and select an address for their blog.
In the next few days, we'll be experimenting with layouts, publishing drafts and preparing to launch our blogs to be shared. Watch this space for more information.
First Posts
The students are raging with excitement because today they were able to start drafting their first posts to their blogs! They were asked to introduce themselves to their readers and welcome them to their blog. We encouraged conversations and guided students to close their posts with questions.
A few students were able to finish drafting their posts and publish them. Take a look at them and leave them a comment if you could.
The remaining days this week we will start to post some of our writing ideas and start sharing links to each others' blogs.