What+did+you+do+in+kindergarten+today?+Blog

What did you do in kindergarten today? blogging is the answer! Session notes Who might use? My use
 * Alliance, OH
 * Uses donors choose, program for obtaining materials
 * Has smart boards, iPads, clickers, etc.
 * Blog page for each child, go twice weekly, teacher writes what child wants to write then child types it onto blog, except a few students compose independently (my students could do this on own except few)
 * This project was born from kids not sharing with their families about school
 * Author section of blog page, write in response to events, classoom activites
 * Use weebly--free,easy to use
 * Each student has own website and blog
 * Have few iPads to use so they use 5 at a time
 * Kids blog 2x per week, every tuesday and Thursday
 * Parents visit blog weekly, helps keep families in touch with classrooms
 * Link with youtube to post videos
 * Could I do this with my 4 desktop computers? Kids could visit throughout day, parent volunteers, laptop cart. Interested in this as way to extend their writing and recording of info, tie to our travel studies, tie to WW units. Would like to use desktops more than currently do.
 * Kids choose backgrounds, teacher types in headings in advance
 * How: set up weeblyteacher account, kid logins and passwords, add blog to each child's page
 * Primary teachers
 * I can see trying this in my first grade classroom
 * Like idea of getting more use from my desktops and the laptop cart
 * Try to set up for fourth quarter or in2012-2013