The Write Weblog

Hip! Hip! Hooray!

Testing is over! Now that's good news! We get to meet again in the morning. I have missed you!

We have a new class blog from a fifth grade class.......
 
Mr. Milligan's Page

Take a look and notice the student blogs on the left hand side of the page. Also, notice Mr. Milligan's first post and be thinking about how you might answer that.  We will take some time to correspond with this class - what fun!

Then we are really going to put our heads together and work on our writing/blogging project.  See you bright and early in the morning.  As usual, I can't wait!

Get on the Blog Train!

Don't you love the name of this post? I have to tell you that it came straight from Amy Bowllan's K-F LIBRA/TECH BLOG: "TEACHING IN THE 21ST CENTURY". She had been nominated for Blog Rookie of the year by Will Richardson.  Do you know what rookie means? (If not, we'll be discussing that tomorrow.)

The neat thing is that she nominated all of you as "Blog Rookies of the Year" on her "Get on the Blog Train" post.! She points people to your weblogs and shares your writing tips.

Here are just a few of the writing tips they offered. By the way, Yessenia and Ashley (two of her students) are published poets! They have a great site and when you visit them you'll read why blogging in education is so important.

 Then she quotes Yessenia, Shelby, Paulina, Ashley, Patrick and Maria! I say "Hats Off" to a group of incredible "Blooming Bloggers!"

J. H. House Eagles Soar!!!

A nice schoolboard member once said that J. H. House eagles don't flock, they soar! That sure fits today. Will Richardson, a blogging colleague of mine, recognized your good work on a post today.

He also discovered this article in the March issue of Technology and Learning. Now Will found this article before I did. I read his blog and I was so happy for J. H. House to be recognized. Isn't the blogging world great? We bloggers help each other keep up! Thanks, Will!

The article features J. H. House Elementary School as  the School Site of the Month!!!! That is quite an honor for you and your school. Boys and girls, they talk about your weblogs, our class weblogs and all the other blogs that J. H. House has created this year.

I think you have some of the best ideas and absolutely some of the best voices on the web. This nice recognition is received in a very large part because of your hard work all year long.

Here is a quote straight from the author, Susan Brooks-Young.

"All the participants comment on each other's posts-an excellent example of how members of a school community can share ideas electronically."

J. H. House eagles are soaring once again.  I am so very proud of you!!