Comments for McBloglin http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org An OCDSBlog Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:30:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.2 hourly 1 Comment on Helloooo Greenbank!!! by A. McLeish http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2008/01/24/helloooo-greenbank/comment-page-1/#comment-37 A. McLeish Wed, 06 Feb 2008 20:30:21 +0000 http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2008/01/24/helloooo-greenbank/#comment-37 Great workshop today Barb! It was unfortunate the computers were so slow. I am hoping that people will share their blog URL so we can learn from one another. Everyone had such creative names and themes. I saw that on some of the themes you can upload your own picture. What a great way to personalize your site. Go Gators! Great workshop today Barb! It was unfortunate the computers were so slow.

I am hoping that people will share their blog URL so we can learn from one another. Everyone had such creative names and themes. I saw that on some of the themes you can upload your own picture. What a great way to personalize your site.

Go Gators!

]]> Comment on Blogging for Literacy? by Jane http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/12/05/blogging-for-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-23 Jane Fri, 07 Dec 2007 13:05:28 +0000 http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/12/05/blogging-for-literacy/#comment-23 Brad - congratulations on a great blog site. I enjoyed reading your students' writing. I was wondering if you edit the work. I have had great debates about this and am now leaving most of it the way that it is written, spelling mistakes and all. Also, do you find that you are getting comments from people other than the students in your class and school? How have you promoted your blog? Looking for any suggestions, Jane Brad – congratulations on a great blog site. I enjoyed reading your students’ writing.

I was wondering if you edit the work. I have had great debates about this and am now leaving most of it the way that it is written, spelling mistakes and all.

Also, do you find that you are getting comments from people other than the students in your class and school? How have you promoted your blog?

Looking for any suggestions, Jane

]]> Comment on Blogging for Literacy? by Jane http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/12/05/blogging-for-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-22 Jane Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:58:33 +0000 http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/12/05/blogging-for-literacy/#comment-22 Parents are always asking how they can help their kids in school. For 2 years we have been asking them to comment on their kids' blog work as a way of demonstrating to the children that their writing matters and that they have a community of readers out there reading what they write. I am convinced that by getting the parents (grand parents, aunt, uncles) involved through commenting, we provide an authentic audience for the student work and it is easier to deomonstrate to the kids that how and what they write matters. I am still working on this piece. I don't think that the parents are not interested, I think that maybe we are just a little ahead of where they are in using technology. Any suggestions on how I can increase the commenting by adults on my blog would be great. Parents are always asking how they can help their kids in school. For 2 years we have been asking them to comment on their kids’ blog work as a way of demonstrating to the children that their writing matters and that they have a community of readers out there reading what they write.

I am convinced that by getting the parents (grand parents, aunt, uncles) involved through commenting, we provide an authentic audience for the student work and it is easier to deomonstrate to the kids that how and what they write matters.

I am still working on this piece. I don’t think that the parents are not interested, I think that maybe we are just a little ahead of where they are in using technology. Any suggestions on how I can increase the commenting by adults on my blog would be great.

]]> Comment on The World of Blogging by Mrs. Smith http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/12/03/the-world-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Mrs. Smith Fri, 07 Dec 2007 12:47:46 +0000 http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/12/03/the-world-of-blogging/#comment-21 Great idea, Barb. Thought I would write and put a link to the blog that my students are doing. Everyone is welcome to visit it and see how it works for grade 5 and 6. We still have the problems with punctuation, spelling and grammar but we are working on that. http://jsmith.edublogs.org/category/hot-topics/ Right now I am using it as a way of getting the students involved in commmenting on current affairs and world topics. Great idea, Barb. Thought I would write and put a link to the blog that my students are doing. Everyone is welcome to visit it and see how it works for grade 5 and 6. We still have the problems with punctuation, spelling and grammar but we are working on that. http://jsmith.edublogs.org/category/hot-topics/

Right now I am using it as a way of getting the students involved in commmenting on current affairs and world topics.

]]> Comment on Blogging for Literacy? by Brad Hunter http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/12/05/blogging-for-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-20 Brad Hunter Thu, 06 Dec 2007 17:38:45 +0000 http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/12/05/blogging-for-literacy/#comment-20 Nice name Barb! I have been following a lot of the cool things happening with blogging, wikis, web2.0, etc. in the States and elsewhere. So I decided to take the plunge. My class and I dove into the blogoshpere this Sept...and they love it. Before Sept, the kids didn't even know what a blog was. Now they are blogging machines! (Not to mention their parents, Grandma and Grandpa in Vancouver, and Uncle Joe in PEI...you get the idea!) It's real, it's authentic and it allows them to enjoy writing when they are at home - what more can you ask for? Using the multimedia projector is a great way to 'group moderate' our posts and comments. We also read other class blogs from around the world - great shared reading, great writing examples (sometimes!) and a great way to develop blogging-buddies!! In other words, whatever can be done in a 'traditional' balanced literacy way can be done in a web2.0 kind of way...I think. Our very basic, but ever-expanding, piece of the blogosphere can be found at: http://room8.edublogs.org/ Nice name Barb!
I have been following a lot of the cool things happening with blogging, wikis, web2.0, etc. in the States and elsewhere. So I decided to take the plunge. My class and I dove into the blogoshpere this Sept…and they love it. Before Sept, the kids didn’t even know what a blog was. Now they are blogging machines! (Not to mention their parents, Grandma and Grandpa in Vancouver, and Uncle Joe in PEI…you get the idea!) It’s real, it’s authentic and it allows them to enjoy writing when they are at home – what more can you ask for? Using the multimedia projector is a great way to ‘group moderate’ our posts and comments. We also read other class blogs from around the world – great shared reading, great writing examples (sometimes!) and a great way to develop blogging-buddies!! In other words, whatever can be done in a ‘traditional’ balanced literacy way can be done in a web2.0 kind of way…I think.

Our very basic, but ever-expanding, piece of the blogosphere can be found at:

http://room8.edublogs.org/

]]> Comment on Blogging for Literacy? by Nathan Toft http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/12/05/blogging-for-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Nathan Toft Thu, 06 Dec 2007 16:02:42 +0000 http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/12/05/blogging-for-literacy/#comment-19 I find that putting up student writing (posts and comments) on an overhead or using a computer projector really "sells" this importance. Once student work is presented this way and I make a big deal about whatever convention or trait I want to focus on is does seem to spill over to other kids' writing - for a time. The key, which I'm guilty of letting slide for periods of time, is to keep at it. Getting students to rewrite their posts and comments before posting it onto the Internet can be a great motivator. All worth the effort I think. And, great PR with parents! My class blog, warts and all, is at: http://grade5nt.edublogs.org/ I find that putting up student writing (posts and comments) on an overhead or using a computer projector really “sells” this importance.

Once student work is presented this way and I make a big deal about whatever convention or trait I want to focus on is does seem to spill over to other kids’ writing – for a time.

The key, which I’m guilty of letting slide for periods of time, is to keep at it. Getting students to rewrite their posts and comments before posting it onto the Internet can be a great motivator.

All worth the effort I think. And, great PR with parents!

My class blog, warts and all, is at:

http://grade5nt.edublogs.org/

]]> Comment on Blogging for Literacy? by Dan Martin http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/12/05/blogging-for-literacy/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Dan Martin Thu, 06 Dec 2007 01:24:53 +0000 http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/12/05/blogging-for-literacy/#comment-18 Barb, Great blog. I love the name. Let's move forward on this idea. This blog could become a very powerful, yet easy-to-use tool. Dan Barb,

Great blog. I love the name. Let’s move forward on this idea. This blog could become a very powerful, yet easy-to-use tool.

Dan

]]> Comment on Welcome by Dennis http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/11/23/welcome/comment-page-1/#comment-17 Dennis Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:32:54 +0000 http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/11/23/welcome/#comment-17 Great site, Barb. I like the McBloglin. It kind of makes me hungry... I look forward to the discussions you will no doubt have here! Great site, Barb. I like the McBloglin. It kind of makes me hungry…

I look forward to the discussions you will no doubt have here!

]]> Comment on The World of Blogging by Bruce http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/12/03/the-world-of-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-16 Bruce Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:04:48 +0000 http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/12/03/the-world-of-blogging/#comment-16 http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers What a fantastic number of edublogs...I guess that I should not be surprised. Apparently, all told, there are between 2 and 4 million blogs on the internet, depending on the source you use. (see the article at http://www.soc.northwestern.edu/gradstudents/huffaker/papers/Huffaker2005_LetThemBlog.pdf ) http://supportblogging.com/Links+to+School+Bloggers What a fantastic number of edublogs…I guess that I should not be surprised. Apparently, all told, there are between 2 and 4 million blogs on the internet, depending on the source you use. (see the article at http://www.soc.northwestern.edu/gradstudents/huffaker/papers/Huffaker2005_LetThemBlog.pdf )

]]> Comment on Easy Blog It by Nathan Toft http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/11/23/easy-blog-it/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Nathan Toft Sat, 01 Dec 2007 00:02:06 +0000 http://bjmclaughlin.edublogs.org/2007/11/23/easy-blog-it/#comment-12 Great to see you're diving right in! Great to see you’re diving right in!

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