Blogs in our classrooms

The team discussed blogs in our classes today. Ideas that were shared were:
1. use for posting and getting responses for extra credit
2. use as a tool for getting input about lessons taught
3. use as a way for groups to commicate within classes or across classes during projects, etc.

The team talked very seriously about implications that come with having a public blog for middle school students. Guidelines would have to be put in place to make sure that inappropriate content or comments were not posted. Team 7-1 made the decision to look at the topic further at a future date to find an appropriate avenue for the use of classroom blogs.

Our Thoughts on RSS and newsreaders

What do you like about RSS and newsreaders?

We like that it is up to date and provides us with the latest trends.

How do you think you might be able to use this technology in your work or personal life?


We could use this to get current facts or information to use in our lesson plans.



How can teachers use RSS or take advantage of this new technology?

Lesson plans, warm ups, etc. can be obtained from information we gather from feeds we subscribe to on a daily basis.

We Begin Our Journey

We began our 23 Things journey as a team.

Team 7-1 consists of Denise Thornton, Mary Jo Fatke, Jim Bennatt, Julie Gobert, Angila Settemeyer(long term sub), and Carol Grady.

Today we discussed the quotes and each shared a bit about our feelings about the things we would be encountering and how it would help us as we work together as a team. Team 7-1 is ready!