Paper Blog LP

Ruth requested my lesson plan in a comment, and when I looked for it where I had posted it online last April, I couldn’t find the wiki space. Has the classroom 20 wiki gone away? <sigh> So, here’s a copy under my own control! Enjoy!
Title: Paper Blogs [...]

Update on Paper Blogging

Students are really enjoying this exercise!

Siblings have been enjoying commenting on sibling blogs (”You never tried octopus, how can you say you like all seafood?”)
Some students find it frustrating not knowing who made a comment.
Students are replying to comments on their “blogs” and inviting conversations.
Students are discussing the pros and cons of keeping negative or [...]

Practicing on Paper

It’s one way to get connected to a larger community. It can be used for educational purposes. It can be used to establish fleeting, or short-term relationships (”Can anyone out there tell me…?”) or it can be used for longer, mentoring relationships. It can also be a time-sink, abused, dangerous, unsafe.
I could be [...]