Archive for March, 2007

This Blog is Rated “C” for Civility

Today is “Stop Cyberbullying Day” and many of the bloggers I read have posted some great tools, information, and videos. For instance, this badge is from a selection offered by Scott McLeod here: www.scottmcleod.net – Cyberbullying With all that good stuff getting added to the net, I need some time to process and research. But [...]

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 [...]

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 talking [...]

Visual images and video

Ok, now that student evaluations are finally done…I am going to post those links to images that I find helpful, especially for inspiration,when talking with middle schoolers about making video. I’m really posting this for my own benefit (to have these links to video handy for next year)–which begs a question that I’m wrestling with [...]

Non-linear composition styles

Our Middle School students are putting together an informational booklet about our school’s solar panel installation. The student tasked with writing the introduction submitted this uniquely colorful page: Notice that the color is washed out at the beginning and the end? His introduction and conclusion are quite faint. The topic label, and the three informational [...]