Sunday, September 7, 2008

K-12 Blogs in the US

Picture of Mrs. Chauncey holding a book in the library
The first blog I found was Grandview Elementary School's Library Blog site. Grandview Elementary is located in Monsey, NY. The librarian, Mrs. Chauncey has created blog sites for the third grade classes. Students are allowed to go to their classroom blog site and share their stories or anything they feel is newsworthy. The are also allowed to publish podcasts to the site. The blogs are used to practice editing, writing and publishing different types of works. However, for the students safety their names will never be published on the site and all works must be approved by a teacher before being posted.
http://www.grandviewlibrary.org/StudentBlogs.aspx

The second blog that I found was Mr. Gordon Brune's 5th grade class blog at Manarameck Avenue School in New York. The main goal of Mr. Brune's class blog is to keep open the communication between the parents and himself. He updates his site weekly with pictures from the classroom and stories of what students are doing. This is important because parents can check student activities and have a better understanding of what is going on in their child's classroom. They can also comment, or email him with comments, questions, or concerns.
Picture of Manarameck Avenue School in New Yorkhttp://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=251

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