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School / Work Affiliation: Chatham Middle School

Favored IM Account: Sensei Phoenix

About Me: I'm an 8th Grade Middle School Science teacher who is really trying to get on board with Web 2.0, social networking, and social media for the classroom. I love my subject, and am always trying to find ways to reach my students.

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Middle School Science Blogging Help

Posted on September 3, 2009 at 4:47pm 0 Comments 0 Likes

Our district is really pushing social media and social networking, but they never say anything about managing the huge volume of content that can be created. I'm looking for effective ways of implementing social media into my 8th Grade Physical Science Class.

Basically, my idea is that every couple of weeks, I or one of the other two teachers would post one of the essential questions upon which our curriculum is based, and then have the kids respond to that.

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At 5:46pm on September 4, 2009, Damian Thomas said…: Would appreciate that, thanks!

At 6:30pm on September 3, 2009, Scott Beiter said…: Hi Damian,
I teach 8th grade physical science at Rensselaer MS. I saw your post about blogging and your science class. I have an "extra" science class that I'm thinking of blogging with using Edublogs. I'll keep you posted if you wish.
-Scott