Stirring Up the Dust

Let me introduce you to yet another blog spawned at Watwood.  Kim Smithwick has created a blog to use with her fourth grade class.  Her blog’s purpose is to provide an interactive forum for her students.  So far she is posting weekly questions to which her students respond.  You can visit her blog at http://kimsmithwick.edublogs.org

In contrast to her blog, the blog I introduced in the last post will be used as more of an informational stop for parents and students about the happenings in Emily Harris’ third grade room.  My media center blog also has the informational purpose, yet some posts are designed to prompt responses from the readers.

As I share these blogs with my readers and the faculty of my school, I urge you to find the blogging purpose that works best for you.  Use blogs in the way or ways that are most beneficial to you and your students.  Regardless of the purpose you choose, blogging is easy, fun, educational, good for the environment, and (I feel I must warn you) addictive!

 Jump in and give it a try!

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