This kid Jaden is awesome! Hence his "awesome blog." He demanded quality posts on his blog which I respected tremendously, on his 3rd grade level. His post was about a Clippers vs. Mavericks basketball game that was pretty exciting. The Clippers were winning when the game started off but then the Mavericks took the lead making a final score of Mavericks 106, Clippers 100 (so close). You could feel the excitement through Jaden's post which made for a great topic and post in the end! Plus he added questions for his readers at the end to ensure their connection and engagement to the material! He did a fantastic job!
C4K#9
Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog
Mrs. Yollis is an inspiration, even through my computer screen! She has been teaching a combination of classes and grades for 24 years and exudes this happiness on her blog! She currently teaches 3rd grade and says "she enjoys working alongside parents to bring out the best in their children!" I loved this! Most teachers say, "I love kids" or "I want to better the educational system" or "I want to help the intellectual growth of our future generation" but I have never heard of it in a way as this, in COMBINATION with parents. Like teamwork or a partnership! Beautiful! Her blog is very neat and organized with links at the top to direct you to what you are looking for. There is an intro to her and to her bloggers (her 3rd grade class), a video on how to comment, and some other helpful links to show a little bit of what they do in class and how they go about it. So, Mrs. Yollis uses her blog to teach students of course, and to get them blogging and technologically advance them for this 20th century, but also to communicate with the parents of her class and show them the work their children have been doing, and projects, or books they're reading, etc. Mrs. Yollis' instructional purposes for and on her blog are very informative and easy to follow (which I love) and also direct and to the point for her liking. She is straightforward with correct grammar, punctuation, etc and stresses the significance for this on her blog. Mrs. Yollis not only involves students and parents in her blog but also classes and people from around the world. She posted clocks of specific timezones of contacts that they communicate and/or keep up with! For example she has a clock with Los Angeles' time, and underneath that is a separate clock of Mr. Salsich's time, and then under that one is the time for Tanzania! How cool is that? If I were a 3rd grader I would love that part of the blog! This blog is very professional in that it appeals to the student and parent involvement, while also connecting them to technology and communication of peers, people, places and things around the world! What a great window of opportunity for these student's educational foundation!
C4K#8
I was assigned to take a look at a Voki which is a free service that allows you to create personalized speaking avatars and use them on your blog, profile and in email addresses. You can make one that looks just like you and then add a message for it to speak! So cool! You better believe I'll be utilizing this Voki so be looking for it to miraculously appear in the near future!
C4K #7
I also was assigned a link to an Australian student's blog where she only had one video, so I just commented on that one, unsure of what else to do...
Anyway 2 female Australian students posted a video of them singing a "Rainforest Song" about the importance of it's health and existence on this planet, the beautiful things it has to offer, and how it's a home for so many plants and animals and all sorts of living creatures! They also brought to the table the pain that the Rainforest goes through, making it's devastation very real to me as a viewer! I commented back how much I enjoyed their singing and piano talents, the words that were sung, and being able to feel for the Rainforest. Not only was this a project in which they learned a lot from, I'm sure, but also they have the ability to inspire people and ideas with this tiny school project and anything else they encounter in the future! It was great!
C4K #6
I just watched a video on German Gnomes from Mr. Mclung's class blog! Two male students in his class provided intermission entertainment for a World Language Festival that their school held! They danced around for a few minutes, dressed as gnomes, and got the audience involved. I couldn't really hear the music or the singing over the audience, but the audiences entertainment and involvement was the purpose of the gnome dance, so I have to say... mission accomplished!
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