Enrichment at RES
Showing posts with label StudentsBlogging. Show all posts
Showing posts with label StudentsBlogging. Show all posts
Friday, January 20, 2017
Blogging at RES
Is it cool?Do you like blogging?well we are doing blogging at RES this month.We will show you some pictures of are paper blogs in Mrs.Robinson's class. Scroll down for more pictures.😍.This is a guest post by Katie and Juni.
Wednesday, November 4, 2015
Paper Blogging
Students in second grade enrichment are learning about the online communication medium of blogging! Before we begin blogging online, we are creating paper blogs. Paper blogs are a method for us to understand the key characteristics of a blog before we jump into the world of online communication.
My goal for this unit of learning is to have students understand that blogs are a way of sharing information, including: words, pictures and videos. That all blogs have a title and a background that creates a recognizable space for their work. Next we understand that blogs are made up of posts. Posts are dated material with their own title and information. Students create a paper blog as well as a first paper blog post.
Students are working hard as they think about what is important to them and what they might want to share on a blog. I love seeing their creativity as they develop their own ideas! Students are making paper blogs about everything from dinosaurs to American Girl Dolls.
This week we will learn about the skill of commenting (a way to get feedback on your blog,connect with others and start great learning conversations!) We will have some special guests come in to comment on our blogs and will have a chance to comment on other student blogs in our class.
Students have been highly engaged in this process, but they are all asking "When can we blog online???!!!" Stay tuned for that work later in the month!
My goal for this unit of learning is to have students understand that blogs are a way of sharing information, including: words, pictures and videos. That all blogs have a title and a background that creates a recognizable space for their work. Next we understand that blogs are made up of posts. Posts are dated material with their own title and information. Students create a paper blog as well as a first paper blog post.
Students are working hard as they think about what is important to them and what they might want to share on a blog. I love seeing their creativity as they develop their own ideas! Students are making paper blogs about everything from dinosaurs to American Girl Dolls.
This week we will learn about the skill of commenting (a way to get feedback on your blog,connect with others and start great learning conversations!) We will have some special guests come in to comment on our blogs and will have a chance to comment on other student blogs in our class.
Students have been highly engaged in this process, but they are all asking "When can we blog online???!!!" Stay tuned for that work later in the month!
Wednesday, October 8, 2014
Exploring the Writing Medium of Blogging
Students in second grade enrichment classes are learning about blogging.
After viewing a few sample blogs students set
to work creating their own 'paper blog'. Here are some of the sample blogs that we explored on our internet journey (of course there are thousands of blogs out there, but these were a few that connected with interests that I knew many students would be excited about):
http://resphyicaleducation.blogspot.com/
RES Blog (RES Staff)
http://resvt.blogspot.com/
Student blog about dot day (US):
http://kidblog.org/JHFIClassof2015/6ce733e4-be4b-406b-8dbb-7787a47018b0/dot-day/
Student blog about Minecraft (US):
http://kidblog.org/weblog14/author/df40390e-9d4c-4e83-9790-9208a4f368d6/
blogspot.com/
Seven Year Old blogger from Australia
http://ameliesanimals.edublogs.org/
Although the central idea of blogging is around using a technology medium to share with others, we are using a step by step process that begins by breaking blogging down into the key components-- many of which are not unique to the use of technology.
We began by first creating a blog title page. We are thinking about the following questions: what should our blog look like? What should it be called? How does the appearance encourage others to read it? Students used color, pictures and interesting surveys to make the static part of their blog attractive to their reading audience. They mentioned many items that they noticed in the blogs we reviewed to make their decisions. Classes loved Mr. Godfrey's survey, and pictures to connect with the blog topic were also popular.
Next students created their first blog post on paper. Students were free to write about any topic that was interesting to them. This choice in writing was engaging, and was a great way for both students and myself as the teacher to make connections with student interests.
This week we will use our paper blogs to practice commenting and responding to comments. Armed with all of these great skills we will have a group of second graders prepared to share and learn through blogging! I can't wait to see how these skills translate over time to the development of communication about RES learning with parents, our local community AND a global community!
My goal is to facilitate the creation of an authentic audience that can witness and celebrate the greatness of RES students! I believe that blogging is one avenue to accomplish this goal. Stay tuned for details about student blogging on this blog over the next few weeks!
Mrs Mumford Kindergarten Blog (RES teacher and students)
http://mumfordkindergarten.blogspot.com/
RES PE Blog (RES Teacher)http://mumfordkindergarten.
http://resphyicaleducation.
RES Blog (RES Staff)
http://resvt.blogspot.com/
Student blog about dot day (US):
http://kidblog.org/
Student blog about Minecraft (US):
http://kidblog.org/weblog14/
Student in UK made a blog about her school lunch because she was unhappy:
http://neverseconds.blogspot.com.es/
http://neverseconds.blogspot.
Second Grade blogger from Iowa
http://hagansworldofawesome.Seven Year Old blogger from Australia
http://ameliesanimals.
Although the central idea of blogging is around using a technology medium to share with others, we are using a step by step process that begins by breaking blogging down into the key components-- many of which are not unique to the use of technology.
We began by first creating a blog title page. We are thinking about the following questions: what should our blog look like? What should it be called? How does the appearance encourage others to read it? Students used color, pictures and interesting surveys to make the static part of their blog attractive to their reading audience. They mentioned many items that they noticed in the blogs we reviewed to make their decisions. Classes loved Mr. Godfrey's survey, and pictures to connect with the blog topic were also popular.
Next students created their first blog post on paper. Students were free to write about any topic that was interesting to them. This choice in writing was engaging, and was a great way for both students and myself as the teacher to make connections with student interests.
This week we will use our paper blogs to practice commenting and responding to comments. Armed with all of these great skills we will have a group of second graders prepared to share and learn through blogging! I can't wait to see how these skills translate over time to the development of communication about RES learning with parents, our local community AND a global community!
My goal is to facilitate the creation of an authentic audience that can witness and celebrate the greatness of RES students! I believe that blogging is one avenue to accomplish this goal. Stay tuned for details about student blogging on this blog over the next few weeks!
Monday, May 13, 2013
Friday, April 19, 2013
Monday, April 15, 2013
2nd grade likes to work with continents
People love to learn about continents so we are doing lots of activities in enrichment!
Friday, April 12, 2013
Monday, April 1, 2013
Friday, March 29, 2013
Google Earth
We found Mt Everest and our RES school. All of the images are from space on a satellite.
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