“If there is one single task that stands up better than any other observation task, it is the running record of text reading. This is a neutral observation task, capable of use in any system of reading, and recording progress on whatever gradient of text difficulty has been adopted by the education system.” (M. Clay, […]
Classroom Blog Ranking – How Popular is Your Classroom Blog?
How does your classroom blog rank in the blogosphere? Where does your class website rank? Is anybody even out there? As teachers, we’re focused on helping our students to polish their work. Some of us set up a classroom blog so that our students have an authentic reason to write: to publish their work online […]
Summer Break
We’re putting this educational blog on hold for the summer. Teaching in Ontario means that we have summer vacation in July and August. (Not necessarily a given… teachers and students are still slugging away at the curriculum in Australia where it’s currently their winter.) So we’re going to have to put some of our projects […]
Classroom Blogs – How to Protect Your Students’ Identities
If you publish a classroom blog, are you putting your students at risk? Maybe. The internet is a powerful tool and like cars, glue and the force, it can be used for good and evil. The Risks Here are three reasons why we need to consider how much personal information is intentionally or accidentally revealed. […]
Building Self Esteem – Using Blogs to Send Compliments
Building self-esteem in our students is something that teachers are often looking for ways to do. We already use blogs to publish student work online… so why not use blogs to build self-esteem as well? Say Something. Nice is an example of how you can use technology to facilitate a classroom activity. I remember reading […]