Goal: Blogging for elementary students - Classroom 2.02024-03-28T16:47:21Zhttps://www.classroom20.com/forum/topics/goal-blogging-for-elementary?commentId=649749%3AComment%3A377223&feed=yes&xn_auth=noThank you for sharing this. O…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-09-03:649749:Comment:3788622009-09-03T01:09:48.076ZLauriene Tschanghttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/LTschang
Thank you for sharing this. Our school is starting small so we will not have students blog yet. Teachers will start blogging using Edublog. With good/great reviews from parents, we might move on to having students blog before the year ends or early part of next school year.
Thank you for sharing this. Our school is starting small so we will not have students blog yet. Teachers will start blogging using Edublog. With good/great reviews from parents, we might move on to having students blog before the year ends or early part of next school year. That's funny you suggest manu…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-09-01:649749:Comment:3781642009-09-01T02:36:46.062ZJacqui Murrayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JacquiMurray
That's funny you suggest manual maintenance. That's where I ended up today after spending over an hour trying to automate it. When I was reading the help files, it turns out they just automated the nav bar about a year ago and a lot of people didn't like it, just because of the problems I was having.<br />
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I'm good. Thanks for holding my hand.
That's funny you suggest manual maintenance. That's where I ended up today after spending over an hour trying to automate it. When I was reading the help files, it turns out they just automated the nav bar about a year ago and a lot of people didn't like it, just because of the problems I was having.<br />
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I'm good. Thanks for holding my hand. I manually maintain my Naviga…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-09-01:649749:Comment:3781562009-09-01T02:01:03.787ZVicky Shttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/VickyS
I manually maintain my Navigation menu so that I can put pages in any order I want.<br />
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If you like the order of pages but just want to leave some off, you can change the option on the Embed a List of Pages in the navigation bar (double click the media box) to only include pages with a certain tag (for example, menu) and then add the tag "menu" to the pages you want shown in the navigation.
I manually maintain my Navigation menu so that I can put pages in any order I want.<br />
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If you like the order of pages but just want to leave some off, you can change the option on the Embed a List of Pages in the navigation bar (double click the media box) to only include pages with a certain tag (for example, menu) and then add the tag "menu" to the pages you want shown in the navigation. Hi Vicky
Took me a while to…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-31:649749:Comment:3780712009-08-31T21:09:11.891ZJacqui Murrayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JacquiMurray
Hi Vicky<br />
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Took me a while to get back to this. Well, I embedded the page nicely, but it still shows up on the navigation on the left. For example, I embedded <a href="http://smaatechk-3.wikispaces.com/Homework--Third+Grade+Only" target="_blank">'homework--third'</a> under <a href="http://smaatechk-3.wikispaces.com/Third+Grade" target="_blank">'third grade'</a>. I'd like for that page not to show under 'navigation'. I don't see any way to hide it.<br />
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You seemed to do that, but I can't figure out…
Hi Vicky<br />
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Took me a while to get back to this. Well, I embedded the page nicely, but it still shows up on the navigation on the left. For example, I embedded <a href="http://smaatechk-3.wikispaces.com/Homework--Third+Grade+Only" target="_blank">'homework--third'</a> under <a href="http://smaatechk-3.wikispaces.com/Third+Grade" target="_blank">'third grade'</a>. I'd like for that page not to show under 'navigation'. I don't see any way to hide it.<br />
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You seemed to do that, but I can't figure out how. Any ideas to help?<br />
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Thanks! I am very interested in doing…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-31:649749:Comment:3779402009-08-31T15:31:17.954ZGrace Gormanhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/GraceGorman
I am very interested in doing this too. I found some great blogs by going to Google and typing in "first grade blogs" There is one by a Mrs. Cassidy that is great - check it out
I am very interested in doing this too. I found some great blogs by going to Google and typing in "first grade blogs" There is one by a Mrs. Cassidy that is great - check it out Just started this myself this…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-30:649749:Comment:3776602009-08-30T20:25:17.245ZJonathan Wyliehttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JonathanWylie
Just started this myself this year with 4th grade, and also starting small. So here is my answers to your question.<br />
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1. I use <a href="http://www.weebly.com" target="_blank">Weebly</a> for our <a href="http://www.mrwylie.com" target="_blank">class website</a>.<br />
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2. I don't give students email addresses. I have one student each week write a blog article. They can either email it to me, or can type it up in class. I put it on the website for them, so maybe, technically, they are not blogging?<br />
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3.…
Just started this myself this year with 4th grade, and also starting small. So here is my answers to your question.<br />
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1. I use <a href="http://www.weebly.com" target="_blank">Weebly</a> for our <a href="http://www.mrwylie.com" target="_blank">class website</a>.<br />
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2. I don't give students email addresses. I have one student each week write a blog article. They can either email it to me, or can type it up in class. I put it on the website for them, so maybe, technically, they are not blogging?<br />
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3. I put them on a class website, and have permission from parents to publish their work. The district were cautious of my plans but did approve them if I had the appropriate disclaimers signed by parents. If you're starting over, Eve,…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-30:649749:Comment:3775742009-08-30T16:15:01.378ZJacqui Murrayhttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/JacquiMurray
If you're starting over, Eve, try Wordpress (Mine's called <a href="http://askatechteacher.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Ask a Tech Teacher</a> ). There are no ads and it's quite easy to use.
If you're starting over, Eve, try Wordpress (Mine's called <a href="http://askatechteacher.wordpress.com" target="_blank">Ask a Tech Teacher</a> ). There are no ads and it's quite easy to use. Matt,
Your setup is well-desi…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-30:649749:Comment:3774572009-08-30T03:08:21.035ZFaith Shabathttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/FaithShabat
Matt,<br />
Your setup is well-designed and well thought out. I like your e-portfolios too. I'm curious to see how your 1st graders respond to blogging. I've found that the kids don't feel frustrated by not knowing the keys, they learn them along the way. I used to use a typing program called Kid Keys which I loved, but it's not set up for our Intel Macs. I teach k-4 and I'm planning to try Edublogs also. I'll try it with 3rd and 4th graders and work my way down. Just out of curiosity, why did you…
Matt,<br />
Your setup is well-designed and well thought out. I like your e-portfolios too. I'm curious to see how your 1st graders respond to blogging. I've found that the kids don't feel frustrated by not knowing the keys, they learn them along the way. I used to use a typing program called Kid Keys which I loved, but it's not set up for our Intel Macs. I teach k-4 and I'm planning to try Edublogs also. I'll try it with 3rd and 4th graders and work my way down. Just out of curiosity, why did you choose Edublogs over Classblogmeister?<br />
Thanx,<br />
Faith Our school has use https://ww…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-30:649749:Comment:3774392009-08-30T00:40:14.709ZRashidah Tutashindahttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/RashidahTutashinda
Our school has use <a href="https://www.gaggle.net/gen?_template=/templates/gaggle/html/index.jsp">https://www.gaggle.net/gen?_template=/templates/gaggle/html/index.jsp</a><br />
You can start with the free account and test drive it to see if it works. You can apply for the entire school.
Our school has use <a href="https://www.gaggle.net/gen?_template=/templates/gaggle/html/index.jsp">https://www.gaggle.net/gen?_template=/templates/gaggle/html/index.jsp</a><br />
You can start with the free account and test drive it to see if it works. You can apply for the entire school. Do you mean that you want all…tag:www.classroom20.com,2009-08-29:649749:Comment:3772232009-08-29T02:47:43.604ZVicky Shttps://www.classroom20.com/profile/VickyS
Do you mean that you want all of the pages to show on a single wikispaces page? <a href="http://stmcomputers.wikispaces.com/TimeZoneExperiences" target="_blank">This</a> is an example of that. Each of the time chart entries is a separate page in wikispaces but I show them all together.<br />
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To do this create your page which will be holder for all of the other pages. You can put regular content on it as well as the included pages. Then use the Wikispaces Embed the Contents of a Wiki Page widget to…
Do you mean that you want all of the pages to show on a single wikispaces page? <a href="http://stmcomputers.wikispaces.com/TimeZoneExperiences" target="_blank">This</a> is an example of that. Each of the time chart entries is a separate page in wikispaces but I show them all together.<br />
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To do this create your page which will be holder for all of the other pages. You can put regular content on it as well as the included pages. Then use the Wikispaces Embed the Contents of a Wiki Page widget to add the contents of another page. You can allow editing of the pages withing your "container" page or not depending on how you want your students to be able to get to their page for editing.