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Rosalyn Schanzer shares about her videoconference and writing experiences with Amy Musone's third grade class.

Create 6 word memoirs

"Rewards of teaching young children to blog"

"Rewards of teaching young children to blog" - What great ideas for blogging!

"Three Google Sheets Scripts That Help Teachers Save Time"

"What is a quality comment? Stay tuned for the Seminole Swamp Morning Show as reporters and interviewers track a true quality comment."

"The most dreaded word in school reading for students: book reports. Teachers assign them, viewing them as a necessary component of assessing reading comprehension. Book reports can be a contributing factor to 'readicide'. "Read-i-cide n: The systematic killing of the love of reading, often exacerbated by the inane, mind-numbing practices found in schools." http://stenhouse.com/html/readicide.htm. So, how can we as teachers continue to monitor our students understanding of reading material without killing the love of reading? Enter technology. Technology can help bring some excitement and creativity to the traditional book report while still displaying students understanding of reading."

What sort of rubric do you use for blogging? How do you have students blog for homework if they do not have access to the internet or a computer (in a poor, rural area)? To moderate or not who has the time? What can we do to increase readership? How can a student blogger attract more readers?