I am so excited to be rolling this out to you! Finally, we have our new quad, quad 88. In the quad there are three other schools – A school in the UK called St.Augustines Junior School, a school in Monaco called International School of Monaco and a school in Newcastle, England called Hotspur Primary School. All the schools and blog addresses can be found below along with our weekly schedule.
Each week will be a different focus school, so we will visit them and leave quality comments!
School 1- Hotspur Primary School
School 1- Hotspur Primary School
School 2 – International School of Monaco
School 3 – Mossman Elementary
School 4 – St Augustine’s Junior School
QuadBlogging Focus School Schedule:
Week of 01.09.12: Hotspur Primary School
Week of 01.16.12: International School of Monaco
Week of 01.23.12: Mossman Elementary
Week of 01.30.12: St.Augustine's Junior School
Week of 02.06.12: Hotspur Primary School
Week of 02.13.12: International School of Monaco
Week of 02.20.02: Mossman Elementary
Week of 02.27.12: St. Augustine's Junior School
Week of 03.05.12 Hotspur Primary School
Week of 03.12.12: International School of Monaco
Week of 03.19.12: Mossman Elementary
Week of 03.26.12: St.Augustine's Junior School
What is QuadBlogging?
Our Todays Meet Room for quadblogging & digital diaries.
The Benefits of Student Blogging from A Fly on the Classroom Wall
Authenticity – authentic writing for authentic audiences
Affordability - kidblog.org is for example is free
Builds confidence as students shine, share & respond
Carries across the curriculum
Collaborative discussions as students respond to & learn from one another
Communication skills – writing for an audience necessitates & builds effective communication skills
Connections between students & classes, between home & school
Develops higher order thinking skills (as students write, read, reflect & respond)
Digital Age – learning about, creating and leaving positive digital footprints
Digital Citizenship – students learn about proper etiquette & cybersafety
Editing skills development – undertaken in manageable, bite sized chunks
Facilitates constructive criticism
Focus
Flexibility
Fun!
Improves typing skills
Introduces, interjects & integrates technology into all subject areas
Learning styles are put into play that might not always otherwise be
Provides a medium within which to apply learning
Motivates independent writers & readers
Organic (not static)
Peer mentoring
Reading skills development
Reflective thinking / practice
Responsibility & awareness – provides an authentic opportunity to teach & monitor both
Sharing ideas, understanding, etc.
Student driven (teacher facilitated)
Writing skills development – skills include writing for meaning, organization, sentence structure, spelling, grammar, etc.
Affordability - kidblog.org is for example is free
Builds confidence as students shine, share & respond
Carries across the curriculum
Collaborative discussions as students respond to & learn from one another
Communication skills – writing for an audience necessitates & builds effective communication skills
Connections between students & classes, between home & school
Develops higher order thinking skills (as students write, read, reflect & respond)
Digital Age – learning about, creating and leaving positive digital footprints
Digital Citizenship – students learn about proper etiquette & cybersafety
Editing skills development – undertaken in manageable, bite sized chunks
Facilitates constructive criticism
Focus
Flexibility
Fun!
Improves typing skills
Introduces, interjects & integrates technology into all subject areas
Learning styles are put into play that might not always otherwise be
Provides a medium within which to apply learning
Motivates independent writers & readers
Organic (not static)
Peer mentoring
Reading skills development
Reflective thinking / practice
Responsibility & awareness – provides an authentic opportunity to teach & monitor both
Sharing ideas, understanding, etc.
Student driven (teacher facilitated)
Writing skills development – skills include writing for meaning, organization, sentence structure, spelling, grammar, etc.
Go here to learn more about the Texas TEKS for technology.
Using Blogs to integrate technology into the classroom- Go here to read article.
Read, Write, Think: Teaching with Blogs Go here to read more.
Go here to sign up for a quad of your own!
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