The Witch of Blackbird Pond

Weblog Possibilities - SM

This story allows for social studies, language arts, and weblogging to intergrate fairly easily.  Students can create timelines, and newsletters set in this era, and post it or thier links.

To intergrate math and weblog, student could pose problem solving questions to each other based upon the story.  Students can ask questions about time, using the age of Kit and the months discussed throughout the book.  The students can also find out the cost of living in that era and create a cost-of-living handout.  The students can pose money questions to each other online using this information.  For example, a student can write 'How much was the cost of flour using the cost-of-living conversion handout.'  It would be the other students role to comment with the answer.

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What about Science

Science would be a great way to investigate and share. Students could take on roles as they would with language arts and find information to post. Some roles may be, the theorist, mad scientist, web host, and others. The groups could have a captain that has found a project for the team to work on. Then the roles are chosen and each week the students switch.

Blog it!- ST

With a novel so full of social studies issues, a weblog could be used to help students understand varying viewpoints. As students post and  comment, they can express their true ideas and feelings about social issues without having to speak up in front of the whole class. I would definitely use this to discuss difficult issues with older students.

Weblog Possiblilities

 Using weblogs for subjects other than language arts might be useful for students in posing questions using bloom's taxonomy. Also, students might make it as a form of communication with the class on information relavent to their studies found on the internet. This could be the beginning step of a large circle of study buddies with the convenience of not having to leave home and meet.

Multiple Uses- general- mbr

As we continue to use this weblog system, I can't help but think of all the possibile ways to utilize it in the classroom. I think that when students are working on an extensive science fair project, that this would be a great way to communicate with one another. Weblogs can also be used with interactive spelling homework assignments, social studies fact reporting and posting math questions. What if a teacher even had a mystery/ riddle she asked to solve each week. Wouldn't it be fun to view other student's answers and responses? Maybe the person who solved the problem could then be responsible for making the next post. It is truly a useful tool if used properly.
Do you have any other suggestions on how to use Weblog?