As I researched many educator blogs and student blog work, I came across a 3rd grade teacher’s classroom blogging page that immediately caught my interest! She uses the blog across various curriculum content and has a student blog account set up for each one of her students. Each student was able to customize their own blog and submit their entries on their own pages. The project that I would like to use in my future second grade classroom is the ‘Quick Write Fridays’. Every Friday the classroom teacher will post a short paragraph explaining why she chose that specific writing topic and her connections to the concept. She will then provide several writing prompt choices that her students can choose from and begin working in their own blogs. I love the idea of giving students a choice and allowing them to run with their own ideas. The classroom teacher also used this blog so her students can write book summaries and check student comprehension. I also love that project idea and believe my second graders could apply these skills towards the end of the year! I was very impressed with what these third graders could accomplish on the blog. Just from reading through their blog entries I could tell that the students were engaged and excited to participate and demonstrate their work through Edublogs.
