I have just visited the blog of another teacher at our school and she has created a quiz about the Olympics just to get her class into the swing of finding out information. I’d like you to also visit her blog and write your answers to her quiz as a post in your blog, in a Word document or in your SOSE book. The quiz is a page on her blog not a post so be careful where you find the quiz.
While you are on her class blog, you might like to make some comments to some of her students who have started to write their own posts ready to earn their own blogs. Remember what it was like when you first began blogging.
Are these smart goals? Why? After visiting the website below, comment about these goals. You might need to change the goals you have set for term 2.
- I will lose 10kg next week.
- I want to get fitter.
- I will become a good reader.
- I will stop gossiping.
- I want to learn my tables.
What should all SMART goals have? Check out this website and learn how to set SMART goals.
Students were asked to mention why they enjoy blogging, how it helps them and to give some hints for teachers new to blogging about to start with their own students. I did this after a post by Sue Waters in The Edublogger asking for teachers to share their experience in blogging and tips for using with students.
I didn’t moderate student comments until today, so no-one could read the previous comments and get some clues about what to write. I felt it was very interesting to see the words like fun, savvy and people appearing fairly large in the wordle.
Please also read the students’ comments here at http://wyatt67.edublogs.org/2008/06/18/students-what-does-blogging-mean-to-you/
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One of the blogs I check in my reader every day is called “Quick Tips” but it is not written in English. Today it mentioned this fantastic website about drinking water and what we as humans are doing about it. If you are very thoughtful of the world’s environment, then make sure you visit. You will need a flash player loaded to view the site.
How much of the world’s water is freshwater?
How much of that is suitable for drinking?
What are humans and nature doing to ruin the water?
What could you, a student in Tasmania, do to help preserve safe drinking water?
Photo source “Into the blue” by Subrime
