https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww Post 2-3 reasons why you could blog with your students. Write your name and grade level span (primary, upper grades, middle school or high school) in the top box and write a purpose for blogging. Please do not duplicate a purpose already posted. One purpose per post, so in other words you will add 3-5 boxes to the padlet. en-us 2017-09-30 15:13:45 UTC 2018-07-29 16:34:28 UTC hello@padlet.com lauriestowell1 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/192683636 Individual students blog about their PBL or Genius hour project.]]> 2017-09-30 15:27:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/192683636 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/192692682 Students post to class blog- book reviews and reflections on what they are reading to build enthusiasm for reading and books.]]> 2017-09-30 17:21:44 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/192692682 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/192692820 Individual students blog about their mathematical thinking each day and thus curate their journey in math through the school year.]]> 2017-09-30 17:23:34 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/192692820 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/192692960 Families can set up blogs about their learning experiences and share news and student work. Interested friends and extended family members as well as the online community (if they choose) can follow their adventure.]]> 2017-09-30 17:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/192692960 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/192791328 I could set up a blog that, with either my help or parent help, my students could write an opinion about a book that we read and justify their opinion. (This would support their 1st grade goal to write opinion pieces.)]]> 2017-10-01 18:16:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/192791328 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/192791565 I could set up a blog for my students to vote on which of 3 possible options for a field trip this year and why. (The field trips would be preselected by me and tied to what we are studying in science this year.) Their votes would then become a math graphing activity.]]> 2017-10-01 18:18:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/192791565 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/192791745 I could set up a blog for my students to share some information about their family and their background. This would support school-wide events such as Hispanic Heritage Month and Black History Month and foster relationships and respect among my students for each other.]]> 2017-10-01 18:20:04 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/192791745 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/193696596 I could set up individual student blogs so they can respond to literature through book reviews and questions about their book. Students will be able to broadcast what they are reading and how they felt about it on their own individual blog.]]> 2017-10-04 03:10:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/193696596 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/193696755 I currently use a blog in my classroom. I use it as a place of directions for centers as well as a location for online assignments/links. The students can quickly access this page and find exactly what they need to work independently. It is much easier to say, "Take a look at the blog" rather than take the time to explain it 32 times. ]]> 2017-10-04 03:12:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/193696755 kdeleon1 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/193934873 I could set up a blog for my students to keep an online journal. I would ask questions like "What did you do over the weekend?" This builds classroom community and is authentic. ]]> 2017-10-04 15:52:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/193934873 kdeleon1 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/193940119 I don't teach high school but I think creating a blog about current events is important. Students need to be aware about what is going on in the world- creates empathy and is relevant to the students]]> 2017-10-04 16:00:12 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/193940119 kdeleon1 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/193945296 I could set up a blog about questions on homework. Students can help each other when they don't understand an assignment. This builds collaboration and ]]> 2017-10-04 16:07:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/193945296 dmartinezroom20 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194143731 Setting up a blog that discusses classwork/homework could assist parents who struggle to help their students with "how I do it" (parent) vs. "how the teacher taught me" (student). Is this different enough??]]> 2017-10-05 03:45:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194143731 dmartinezroom20 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194144529 I would like to set up a class blog to share information between classes (especially the classes that have siblings in them). We could give information about what we are learning and ask questions.]]> 2017-10-05 03:53:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194144529 lauriestowell1 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194145648 I love seeing all these good ideas! Keep it going! One of my master's students who taught on base at Camp Pendleton had a class blog that the students posted every day.They signed up and each student did a day about what happened, what they were learning, etc. Deployed parents could read what was happening in their child's classroom and post comments!]]> 2017-10-05 04:02:48 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194145648 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194531851 Classroom newsletters could be posted on blogs and students can hello create them. Students could report on upcoming events and news and the teacher could wrap it up with his or her own message.]]> 2017-10-06 00:22:00 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194531851 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194531985 Science notebooks could become digital and all entries inputted on blogs. Students can attach videos and illustrations to go with text.]]> 2017-10-06 00:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194531985 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194532093 When I was high school many if my English teachers asked us to keep a creative writing journal. Students could use a blog as a way to showcase their writing pieces.]]> 2017-10-06 00:24:45 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194532093 vea002 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194870505 Open reflections are good to reflect on students have learned. Instead of just learning information, students could take time to think about the content and make connections.
Can you give an example of what they would be reflecting upon? (Laurie)]]> 2017-10-07 01:23:08 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194870505 vea002 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194870649 Blogging allows students to express thoughts and ideas with different media mediums. They can use a blog to learn how to blend, text, sound, and video to communicate a message to an audience. ]]> 2017-10-07 01:27:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194870649 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194912956 Students can create a historical timeline sharing what they have learned throughout the year in history. For example, in 8th grade history students learn about the creation of our nation, (late 1700's) through Reconstruction after the Civil War. At the end of each unit, students can add to the timeline using texts, pictures, videos, etc...]]> 2017-10-07 14:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194912956 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194913254 Students can follow each other's RSS feeds to receive updates on new blog posts]]> 2017-10-07 14:25:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194913254 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194913353 Students can confer with each other through comments and tagging each other through hyperlinks in their own blogs
What would the blogs be about? (Laurie)]]> 2017-10-07 14:26:55 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194913353 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194913474 As students write many posts over time, they can create a searchable archive of posts related to a particular topic. 

]]> 2017-10-07 14:28:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194913474 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194915998 Students can blog as if they are a historical character. For example they can create a journal pretending to be Robert E. Lee or Susan B. Anthony.]]> 2017-10-07 14:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194915998 https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194916646 During the Bill of Rights unit, students can use their 1st amendment right, freedom of the press, to inform the public about problems that affect our society, (bulling, discrimination, poverty, drug abuse) and encourage the public to do something about it.]]> 2017-10-07 15:04:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194916646 kerry_diaz https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194951251 To help students explain what they are doing in class to their parents. They can review the posts from the blog together and the student can elaborate about the postings. So often young children say they didn't do anything in school that day.]]> 2017-10-08 01:05:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194951251 kerry_diaz https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194951301 Students can video themselves or their parents reading their favorite book and then post it to the blog. Then they can listen to their classmates read. They just might find a new favorite book. ]]> 2017-10-08 01:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194951301 kerry_diaz https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194951346 Students that are out sick can find out what the class is doing so that when they come back to school they don't feel as lost.]]> 2017-10-08 01:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/194951346 mterrano https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/271373324 Create a blog for students to engage in book club conversations. Students can have discussion about their book. They can post their thinking and communicate about the text anytime from anywhere. It would provide teachers with a record of discussions, allow monitoring and scaffold learning.]]> 2018-07-29 16:25:11 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/271373324 mterrano https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/271373505 Students can create a blog to keep their digital book trailers. They can create QR codes that link to their blogs. When students are looking for a good book to read they can scan their peers QR codes, review book trailers, and pick a new book to read.]]> 2018-07-29 16:27:02 UTC https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/271373505 mterrano https://padlet.com/lauriestowell1/55eo74g40tww/wish/271373733 During the American Revolution unit, I can assign a quote or fact a day related to the American Revolution. Students can respond to the quote by making a modern day connection, describing the impact of what the quote is saying, explaining the meaning behind the quote, or  responding to a quick writing prompt about the quote/fact. Students can also reply to one another's posts to build a discussion about the initial quote/fact.

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