As part of the Blended Learning Initiative at my new school, me and my amazing partner teacher, Lisa, are teaching our Second Graders about technology through the creation of a class blog. Students are writing and planning the posts that we update on a weekly basis about our classroom. They write about things that they're learning or projects they're working on. It's an amazing way to document what we've done throughout the year, and increase the communication channel with parents. It also acts an effective way to utilize technology in an effort to teach students how to ethically and responsibly approach technology and the internet.
Some of the topics we are using the blog to teach about are....
- Online protection, and privacy (never posting pictures of faces, or using real names)
- The importance of making sure one thinks, and rationally evaluates before sending email, posting on Facebook or using any other mode of technology
- Cyber bullying (how not to act towards others)
- How to use technology to research for legitimate resources.
- How to plan out writing, and edit it before making it public
- and many others.
Anyways, the blog is officially updated and students have begun to post. Below is a picture of the main page. The link is in the bar above, as well as below the picture. Please enjoy the new second grade blog! Let me know what you think.
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