Comments on: Getting Serious about Blogs in Schools http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/ The Read/Write Web in the Classroom Thu, 04 Dec 2008 17:53:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: the super http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-4037 the super Sun, 18 Jun 2006 01:52:28 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-4037 Will's seminar at the JMT conference gave me the time and opportunity to initiate change in my district. Since then, I have several teachers being trained in podcasting. We have already begun discussions about podcasting a weekly sports program next year for parents and teachers. The teacher of a new course 'entrepeneurship' is hoping to integrate podcasting by his students as part of a class project. Others would like to use blogs and wikis to further creativity in their student's learning. I'll keep you posted. Will’s seminar at the JMT conference gave me the time and opportunity to initiate change in my district. Since then, I have several teachers being trained in podcasting. We have already begun discussions about podcasting a weekly sports program next year for parents and teachers. The teacher of a new course ‘entrepeneurship’ is hoping to integrate podcasting by his students as part of a class project.
Others would like to use blogs and wikis to further creativity in their student’s learning.
I’ll keep you posted.

]]> By: Questions and Reflections » Blog Archive » Education is Changing http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3794 Questions and Reflections » Blog Archive » Education is Changing Fri, 09 Jun 2006 23:11:04 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3794 [...] Will Richardson has talked recently about Western New york where there is a real drive to chang. Read all about it on this blog [...] […] Will Richardson has talked recently about Western New york where there is a real drive to chang. Read all about it on this blog […]

]]> By: Ramona http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3666 Ramona Tue, 06 Jun 2006 14:55:53 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3666 WOW! RSS feeds have really advertised this post! I am an instructor at Buffalo State College, this current summer session I am using Mr. Richardson's book to teach EDU 375, Integrating Tchnology in the Classroom, for pre-serice teachers. Unfortunatly,I wasn't aware of his visit to WNY, but I was thrilled to see positive comments and forward thinink from Erie 1 BOCES and WNY educators! Fellow teachers, if you have yet to purchase Richardson's book to help you begin your blog, order it today! It's a must have! EDUCATOR friendly! WOW! RSS feeds have really advertised this post!

I am an instructor at Buffalo State College, this current summer session I am using Mr. Richardson’s book to teach EDU 375, Integrating Tchnology in the Classroom, for pre-serice teachers.

Unfortunatly,I wasn’t aware of his visit to WNY, but I was thrilled to see positive comments and forward thinink from Erie 1 BOCES and WNY educators!

Fellow teachers, if you have yet to purchase Richardson’s book to help you begin your blog,
order it today! It’s a must have! EDUCATOR friendly!

]]> By: Weblogg-ed » Blogging 2 Learn http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3663 Weblogg-ed » Blogging 2 Learn Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:12:43 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3663 [...] I hope this is becoming a habit. First it was Western New York taking a really thoughtful approach to implementing blogging in their schools, and now it’s Kennesaw State University that’s running a week long blogging immersion for teachers in Georgia that should give them an incredible start toward bringing the tools to their students. I’ll be working with them today to talk about blogging as a professional practice/development sport. And I just really like they way they have approached this whole idea in terms of looking at blogs as learning tools. That’s probably in large part because one of the organizers of the event, Leonard Witt, is a long time blogger at PJNet.org. The key is that they have set up a year long support process for the teachers who are involved, extending the concept far past this first week. It’s great to see more and more models that districts and schools can begin to consider for their own staffs. The best part is that I think I’m going to see Anne Davis today, who is doing her bit on blogging in the classroom tomorrow. [...] […] I hope this is becoming a habit. First it was Western New York taking a really thoughtful approach to implementing blogging in their schools, and now it’s Kennesaw State University that’s running a week long blogging immersion for teachers in Georgia that should give them an incredible start toward bringing the tools to their students. I’ll be working with them today to talk about blogging as a professional practice/development sport. And I just really like they way they have approached this whole idea in terms of looking at blogs as learning tools. That’s probably in large part because one of the organizers of the event, Leonard Witt, is a long time blogger at PJNet.org. The key is that they have set up a year long support process for the teachers who are involved, extending the concept far past this first week. It’s great to see more and more models that districts and schools can begin to consider for their own staffs. The best part is that I think I’m going to see Anne Davis today, who is doing her bit on blogging in the classroom tomorrow. […]

]]> By: RetortaBlog » Educação - Getting Serious about Blogs in Schools http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3662 RetortaBlog » Educação - Getting Serious about Blogs in Schools Tue, 06 Jun 2006 10:12:07 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3662 [...] Educação - Getting Serious about Blogs in Schools Tags [...] […] Educação - Getting Serious about Blogs in Schools Tags […]

]]> By: Teaching and Developing Online. http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3652 Teaching and Developing Online. Mon, 05 Jun 2006 21:04:56 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3652 <strong>Getting Serious about Blogs in Schools...</strong> If you want to find an area of the country that is getting really serious about the Read/Write Web in the classroom, look no further that Western New York. If nothing else, the last two days here speaking to and...... Getting Serious about Blogs in Schools…

If you want to find an area of the country that is getting really serious about the Read/Write Web in the classroom, look no further that Western New York. If nothing else, the last two days here speaking to and……

]]> By: Neil Rochelle http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3651 Neil Rochelle Mon, 05 Jun 2006 12:08:17 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3651 Will, The training was amazing. I have several parents, students and teachers interested in reforming high school and the information presented last week certainly is one component. I have been interested in blogging and wikis for some time now. I did give you a website for the blog I started as a result of the conference. My hope is when I add some more info to make it available to parents and teachers in order to begin to pave the way to out-of-the-box thinking. I had been having trouble with the link so I hope it works. If not, send me an e-mail and I will be glad to try and send it again. Thanks for an informative and uplifting 2 days! Will,
The training was amazing. I have several parents, students and teachers interested in reforming high school and the information presented last week certainly is one component. I have been interested in blogging and wikis for some time now. I did give you a website for the blog I started as a result of the conference. My hope is when I add some more info to make it available to parents and teachers in order to begin to pave the way to out-of-the-box thinking. I had been having trouble with the link so I hope it works. If not, send me an e-mail and I will be glad to try and send it again.
Thanks for an informative and uplifting 2 days!

]]> By: Carol Troskosky http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3639 Carol Troskosky Sun, 04 Jun 2006 02:40:10 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3639 There was a great response to the workshop and a request for more next year. I am impressed by these leaders striving to do their part to change the landscape. The next day the FBI spoke on all that can happen to children on the Internet and through such things as Blogs and MySpace. The part that the leader plays in this educational dilemna could not have been felt more stongly. There was a great response to the workshop and a request for more next year. I am impressed by these leaders striving to do their part to change the landscape. The next day the FBI spoke on all that can happen to children on the Internet and through such things as Blogs and MySpace. The part that the leader plays in this educational dilemna could not have been felt more stongly.

]]> By: Tom Hoffman http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3638 Tom Hoffman Sun, 04 Jun 2006 01:06:50 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3638 What software are they planning on using? What software are they planning on using?

]]> By: Dan http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3637 Dan Sat, 03 Jun 2006 21:21:45 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3637 Will, you were very helpful and I liked the informal way you replied to all of our questions! Bravo! However, my notes lack information about one topic you mentioned: a term called "Fliction" where students can be directed to post fiction writing pieces in reaction to Flickr images etc. I thought that it was a term I could "search" in Flickr.. but alas, it's not there or I am searching the wrong place. Can you give me some more detail to find this process and, perhaps, find examples to bring to my teachers? And thank you for your fine presentation Friday at the Erie 1 BOCES! Will, you were very helpful and I liked the informal way you replied to all of our questions! Bravo!

However, my notes lack information about one topic you mentioned: a term called “Fliction” where students can be directed to post fiction writing pieces in reaction to Flickr images etc. I thought that it was a term I could “search” in Flickr.. but alas, it’s not there or I am searching the wrong place. Can you give me some more detail to find this process and, perhaps, find examples to bring to my teachers?

And thank you for your fine presentation Friday at the Erie 1 BOCES!

]]> By: Chris Lehmann http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3634 Chris Lehmann Sat, 03 Jun 2006 19:27:42 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3634 Wow... I'm honored. I didn't think you'd even get to see the post until you got home. I'm curious -- what was their reaction to it? Wow… I’m honored. I didn’t think you’d even get to see the post until you got home.

I’m curious — what was their reaction to it?

]]> By: Brian http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3630 Brian Sat, 03 Jun 2006 02:43:03 +0000 http://weblogg-ed.com/2006/getting-serious-about-blogs-in-schools/#comment-3630 It was great to meet you today and see what is happening over at our neighboring Erie #1 BOCES. I am definitely encouraged by what I am hearing among our districts. I think to be in a position to ask questions about how a regional organization, such as BOCES, can provide services, training and support for read/write technologies is incredible. I applaud those that are getting there feet wet and especially those that already have their hands dirty. Thank you for your resources, knowledge and suppport. It was great to meet you today and see what is happening over at our neighboring Erie #1 BOCES. I am definitely encouraged by what I am hearing among our districts. I think to be in a position to ask questions about how a regional organization, such as BOCES, can provide services, training and support for read/write technologies is incredible. I applaud those that are getting there feet wet and especially those that already have their hands dirty. Thank you for your resources, knowledge and suppport.

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