Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Google Toys For Your Classroom

From the page below, discuss four of the blogs that you looked at.
Blog Examples

For each blog, answer these questions:

1. Who is the target audience (students, teachers, parents, staff members)?
2. Can students contribute to the blog?
3. What kinds of resources does this blog provide (ex. opinions, links, videos, lesson ideas)?
4. Would you recommend this blog to someone else? Why or why not?
5. Is the blog updated regularly?
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9 comments:

  1. Mrs. ReedSeptember 24, 2009 at 4:18 PM

    1. Most of the blogs I have seen are used as a resource for other teachers.
    2. Most that I ahve seen are not helpful to classroom students.
    3. I have mostly seen opinions.
    4. I would recommend Jill's!
    5. Not sure.

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  2. Dr. HockSeptember 24, 2009 at 4:21 PM

    1. Other teachers
    2. Most I have seen have not been helpful to classroom students.
    3. Mostly opinions.
    4. I would recommend Megan's.
    5. Not really sure.

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2009 at 4:51 PM

    1. Teachers
    2. They don't seem very helpful.
    3. Opinions.
    4. I would recommend Megan's.
    5. I think so.

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  4. RitaSeptember 24, 2009 at 4:59 PM

    Wish I could remember what I read...read some about speech therapy in the schools....audience other speech therapists. Mostly young therapists who need help from seasoned mentors.

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  5. rlcanipeSeptember 24, 2009 at 5:03 PM

    1. Teachers
    2. No.
    3. Videos, opinions to other music teachers.
    4. No. I did not get a lot of great information from it.
    5. I don't think so.

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  6. Adam GelmanSeptember 24, 2009 at 5:29 PM

    Shakespeare Teacher
    1. teachers, students
    2. yes
    3. info, riddles, ideas for lessons
    4. Yeah, the riddles are entertaining.
    5. yes
    The Reading Zone
    1. Teachers
    2. No
    3. Book reviews, book lists, anything to do with adolescent lit
    4. Yes! Lots of good book and author info
    5. Yes

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  7. Ms. FreemanSeptember 24, 2009 at 6:05 PM

    Aquaculture @ Wadalba

    1. Students
    2. I believe so
    3. none that I can see.
    4. No. It was a bunch of rambling thoughts.
    5. Somewhat. It has been about 2 weeks.

    La Cucaracha Lab

    1. Students
    2. Yes
    3. There were several resources to choose from.
    4. Yes
    5. Yes

    Lab Out Loud®

    1. Educators
    2. Yes
    3. Yes
    4. Yes I would. I will probably return at some point.
    5. Yes

    Steve Spangler Blog

    1. Students, teachers and anyone who loves science.
    2. Yes
    3. Tones
    4. Most definately
    5. Yes

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  8. Mrs. LASeptember 27, 2009 at 4:26 PM

    1. I have looked at one blog that was a language arts class blog, several teacher help blogs, and an Obama Health Care blog.
    2. Yes, students contribute to the class blog I found? But not to the teacher ones.
    3. The language arts blog didn't have resources, just student comments to different copies.
    4. Yes as a sample class blog.
    5.Yes.

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  9. Nancy KentSeptember 29, 2009 at 4:58 PM

    I checked out the 4 FACS blogs. They were all geared to adults. There were some resources and opinions. I would not recommend them. Only one was updated regularly.

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