Wednesday, September 24, 2008

International Classroom Blogs

Mrs. Freeman's class performs a play called the Lorax
Mrs. Freeman - New Zealand

Mrs. Freeman's classroom blog for her Year 5 and 6 students serves as a window into the classroom. Many of the classes recent activities are posted on the site. Examples of these are video and a slideshow of a program the students were a part of. Mrs. Freeman also presents questions for the students to respond to on the blog. One of the most recent questions asked what the term 'sustainability' meant. The students were encouraged to post their answers to that specific blog. The blog also contains links to the personal blogs of the students and also to those of classrooms in other countries.

http://m3rbs.21cl
asses.com/



Students act out a written story
Mrs. McNamara's Year 5 Class -- Sydney, Australia

Mrs. McNamara's blog basically gives a recap of all of the activities her class takes part in. She takes care to include many pictures of her students and their projects. Her most recent post is dedicated solely to the picture story projects her students produced. The blog also presents the work of various students. Many of these posts are writing assignments and other small projects. The students are encouraged to write about fun happenings in the classroom as well.

http://mrsmcsclass.blogspot.com/

2 comments:

Jennifer Averitt said...

Excellent. Keep up the good work. I'm seeing quite a few post from New Zealand and Australia. Seems that blogging is popular in those country's as well.

MrWoody said...

Hi from NZ - Mrs Freeman's class loves to use ICTs like blogs. So do we. WOuld you like to be our second classroom of American friends?
Mr Woody of "Room5ians Rule!"