If You Give a Kid a Blog...
...then you give a kid his voice!
Sherrie Berry & Shelley Kozma
Elementary Curriculum Instructional Technologists
Lampasas ISD
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Email: berrys@lisdtx.org
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Location: Lampasas, TX, United States
Phone: (512) 734-0465
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Prepare your device:
You may want these FREE apps so you can participate in today's session:
Padlet: https://padlet.com/
Seesaw: http://web.seesaw.me/
Linoit: http://linoit.com/home
Tackk: https://tackk.com/
Who's in the room?
We're excited that you are here!
My 24 hour Google History
Think about the last 3 things you Googled. Share them on the Padlet
Getting Kids to Write is like:
Turn to someone near you and discuss which picture you chose and why you chose it.
Finding Forrester (1/8) Movie CLIP - The Key to Writing (2000) HD
Is this a blog post?
Is this one?
What about this?
This book is about events that cause a chain reaction
How can giving a kid a blog cause a similar domino effect?
How can blogging improve writing?
What about proofreading and editing?
T-TESS - The distinguished teacher...
*Establishes classroom practices that encourage all students to safely communicate effectively using visual tools and technology, artistic, spatial, tactile or other media with the teacher, their peers and the larger community.
Have a class historian as a weekly job for students and let them blog!
See how one of our teachers uses SeeSaw to give her kids a voice:
Post it to the web or limit it to your students
So many choices....
Try it out! Post something on the Seesaw blog for today's class
Visit my website for handouts, presentation notes & "mega" Livebinder full of resources:
Berry Good Ideas on TPT
This is my store on Teachers Pay Teachers.