And the winners are…
February 22, 2009
Here are the results of our Vote for Your Favorite Critter poll. Drum Roll, please…
Room 249:
“Terry Turtle” by Maddison
“Purple-a” by Tayleece
Room 246:
“Honeysuckle” by Jackie
“Starburst” by Jaime
Congratulations to all the participants in the Jitter Critter project. Everyone in both homerooms successfully assembled a complete circuit and brought to life a unique Jitter Critter.
We are so proud of everyone’s accomplishments and want to stress how difficult it was to vote for a “favorite.” The purpose of the voting was to showcase each individual critter as well as our classroom blog, and to explore a cool new online application for voting, Poll Authority.
Thanks to everyone who voted!
Spill the beans
October 26, 2008
On Friday I finally spilled the beans to the students about this blogging project. I told them, “I can hardly stand it. . .I’ve been keeping a secret from you!” Then I displayed the classroom blog on the TV screen and distributed information for parents. We discussed the concept of Web 2.0 (how the Internet is now a two-way street—not just a place to find information, but a place where anyone can share information).
Many students didn’t know what a blog was. Now they do. Blog is short for web log—an online journal written in chronological order with the most recent entries listed first. There are many reasons people blog; educational objectives are listed above on the page Why Blog?.
A fundamental goal of this project is to help students feel connected to their schoolwork. I hope our classroom blog provides a creative outlet for students by encouraging them to think about what they’re learning. I also hope it will spark conversations between students, parents and others.
Get those permission slips in . . . On Monday a student blogger will be randomly chosen to contribute the first student-generated post to Grade Five Alive!
~Mrs. S
