United States Classroom Blogging

The first blog spot I found was Mrs. Humphrey's 3D Class. This is an all boys 3rd grade classroom in Memphis, Tennessee. I didn't realize students at this young of an age were interacting with their fellow classmates through the Internet. It is quite impressive. This class has already learned about Twitter and how it works. The students are currently communicating with a class from Australia. Mrs. Humphrey has the boys parents involved which creates a close relationship between the teacher, each student and their parents. Blogging is a useful tool with engaging the parents in their child's education and in a way, they actually become part of the class. Mrs. Humphrey will video the students while they act out a script and then post it in the blog. The boys also each wrote a song using the past or past participle form of irregular verbs. Other teachers have commented on posts such as these stating "That was great! You gave me a great idea for my students." Blogging has become popular in the classroom and is clearly helpful for students, teachers and parents. This really shows how technologically advanced our country has become and how important it is for students to know how to use the Internet.



http://wwwmrshumphreys3d.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-03-26T07%3A36%3A00-05%3A00&max-results=7


The second blog I found being used for a U.S. classroom is Ms. Feinman's first grade class at Digg's school in Winston Salem, NC. Ms. Feinman posts newletters for her class on her blog. She has a slideshow of pictures of the students from Cinco de Mayo and a worksheet the students must complete on "What Mexican Food is our Favorite?" Ms. Feinman also posts assignments and materials to bring in for class such as egg cartons for a unit of study on earth's materials. There are riddles and questions for the students to answer. This class like the one above is also communicating with classrooms across the country through blogging. They talk to and learn about students of their age from Spain, Switzerland and the Netherlands. Blogging is a great way of communicating with students around the country and learning their hobbies and what school is like in their country.

http://diggsroom114.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2009-04-05T13%3A50%3A00-04%3A00&max-results=7