I was assigned to follow Kathleen Morris who is a teacher in Victoria, Australia. She is currently on maternity leave, but is continuing to make blog posts. I have really gained a lot of great information from the posts she has made, and am enjoying using the PDF files she is willing to share on her blog. Many of them I have been able to share with the teachers at my school as well. Below are the comments I have made to her posts.
#1
This is my initial response to her post about being on maternity leave, but still continuing to blog and encouraging others to post comments about the upcoming new year.
Hello,
I am Angel Wilson, Media Specialist at Meadowlane Elementary School in Phenix City, AL (NOT Phoenix, like in Arizona). Currently, I am finishing my certification in Educational Media and am taking a course which involves learning how to create blogs. I have been assigned to you by my professor. Your links to tips for starting blogging really are great tools, especially since I’m relatively new at the experience.
I look forward to following your posts, and thank you for including some helpful tips I will be able to share with the teachers and students in my school.
Mrs Kathleen Morris says:
February 7, 2014 at 10:49 am
Hi Angel,
Thanks for taking the time to comment. I’m glad my tips were helpful for you. Good luck with the rest of your course!
Kathleen
#2
If you are needing a great resource for starting a classroom blog, this is it. Kathleen has put together an excellent guide for getting started. This is my comment to her post. You can find the PDF file at the bottom of the blog post as well.
What a wonderful resource for beginning a classroom blog. Thank you for the extensive amount of information you've provided for beginners like myself. I am in the infant stages of a personal blog, but would love to start blogging with students about books they've read, or books they would recommend for others to read. Do you know any media specialists you would recommend I follow who use blogs? I have downloaded the PDF, and appreciate you sharing your expertise.
#3
I really thought this was an excellent set of free Web tools with explanations for how each tool can be used by teachers or students and what type of product can be produced. I have shared this list of tools with the teachers in my school, and the list is available in a PDF file at the bottom of the post. This is my comment to her post below:
This is an amazing list of free tools. I have used some of them, but there are several here I look forward to trying out. Have you used AnswerGarden before? It works by you posting a general question, then as users submit answers, they are generated in a cool word cloud which can be exported to Wordle or Tagxedo. Check it out at http://answergarden.ch. It's free and doesn't require a login. Thanks again for your great list of web tools!
#4
Internet safety continues to be a topic of concern, and Kathleen has put together a set of three posters for parents, students, and teachers with safety guidelines. I downloaded all three posters, and shared them with my colleagues. You can find the posters in a PDF file at the end of the post. My comments to her are below:
Wonderful set of guidelines for responsible Internet users. As an educator, I am always mindful of my personal behavior on social networking sites and feel it is important for all educators to follow your guidelines as well. I also agree with several others who have liked the acronym YAPPY. Did you coin this yourself, and if so, kudos! What a catchy way to remember what information not to give out. Great job with content and design of the posters, and thank you for sharing them with us.
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