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Comment by Jeanne B. Procell on December 6, 2009 at 9:09am

We are going to do a book Voice Thread with 6th grade in a few months. Students will have a discussion around a book they have read using this instrument. We'll see how that goes...

Comment by Fran Bullington on December 6, 2009 at 8:17am

Jeanne,
Your mock Newbery blog looks awesome - not only is it a vehicle for students to post their comments, but it is a great reader's advisory tool. Thanks for sharing!

Comment by Jeanne B. Procell on December 6, 2009 at 8:10am

I started a "mock Newbery" blog this year for my middle school students. I add the suggested titles and the kids comment. I have comment moderation turned on so I can approve the comments and I also know who and when a comment is added. Those students receive recognition in their advisor period. I will be adding a poll to the blog in January using either Google forms or PollDaddy.
If you would like to see an example here it is: http://baysidenewbery.blogspot.com/

Comment by Donna Baumbach on October 12, 2009 at 6:36pm

Stephanie, I heard Chris Harris say "Anything that's blocked can be unblocked." And I've never forgotten it. If you come up with a really good project for blogging (or any other tool) you might be able to persuade them to unblock some of the tools. Maybe start with some book reviews...? or book trailers? Just a thought.

Comment by Stephanie Paul on October 12, 2009 at 4:47pm

I'm glad to hear about all of your class blogging and suggestions. It's nice to know there are schools out there that are not afraid of technology. My district has everything with blogging capability blocked including articles in the local newspapers. So much for current events assignments.
You guys rock!

Comment by Donna Baumbach on October 11, 2009 at 8:16pm

I just read about a blogging tool for teachers and students based on Wordpress called Eduperience. Read more about it here: http://ilearntechnology.com/?p=1348 It sounds great!

Comment by Laura Gary-Michel on October 9, 2009 at 6:46am

Has anyone heard of Classpress.com? I'm not sure if its a newsite or not? Teachers can set up classroom accts and monitor each students individual blog. I'm not sure if you can embed code.
Thanks for the help so far. I love this site!!

Comment by Maggie Verster on October 9, 2009 at 1:49am

I have mostly been using wordpress as it gives you the option of creating pages which gives it a website like feel. But unless you host it on your own server it is definitely not embed freindly -and learners love to embed stuff. So Blogger is a great choice as it comes automatically with a google account. I feel all our learners hould ahve a google account- gives them so much choices in web 2 applications (gmail,googledocs,claenders,picassa) and they all work together.

Edublogs is of course GREAT. It has a wordpress engine but because it is hosted on the edublogs server, it allows for all creative embeds!

Comment by Elisabeth LeBris on October 8, 2009 at 9:59pm

I have been using Blogger from Google since April. I really like it. I have invited my 5th-8th graders to comment, guest blog and/or podcast to it. My 7th and 8th grade teachers are planning to make that an option for book reports this year. We will teaching "writing for a blog" as a team. The kids will also get entered in a bi-monthly raffle for every post. Prizes will include local junior high hang-out certificates and the like. I am excited to have this take off.

Comment by Donna Baumbach on October 8, 2009 at 9:29pm

Class Blogmeister is another good blogging tool: http://classblogmeister.com/ It's designed for teachers and students.

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