One of my favorite things
about Twitter is that my network of Twitter friends inspires me on a regular
basis. I can absolutely say that I am a better teacher for joining. By reading
their tweets and blogs, I get ideas for my classroom and push myself to try new
things.
This week I am looking at our
student blogs as a result of an ongoing conversation with Katie Muhtaris
(@literacyspark). I had been feeling that some of our blogs were a bit
lackluster of late. Many kids saw it as almost a text message with blogs like, Read The Unwanteds. It’s an amazing book you will be glad you
didn’t miss. I wanted them to do more. I questioned if I had just rushed
them into blogging at the start of the year. I wasn’t sure what to do.
In talking to Katie, I decided
to slow down and really study blogs for the next two weeks. We looked at the
Slice of Life blogs on Tuesday. We read mine from yesterday, which inspired
quite the conversation about sports. And then they wrote their own.
We will continue to do this over the next week. Hopefully this will inspire my students to take a fresh look at blogging and work on improving their writing. I know that in just one day, I was impressed with the change. If you’d like to read their blogs, click HERE. I know they’d love any comments you send their way.
Thanks!
