Cross Country Blogging...
As you all know, we are being watched by quite a few people not only in the U.S., but in the world. Thankfully, we have been given the opportunity to communicate and learn from these people. Now all we have to do is figure out how to communitcate with these folks. Check out this blog from a school in Alabama: http://www.mtnbrookseniors.blogspot.com
How do you think that we should talk with them? What do you want this to look like? And extra ideas?
How do you think that we should talk with them? What do you want this to look like? And extra ideas?
posted by Kurt W. at 1:30 PM
13 Comments:
One idea to communicate with this class is to add one thing to the daily scribes task. They could comment on the daily scribes writing from the other school. This way each scribe gets feedback and future scribes can look back at what to do and what not to do. It wouldn't take long but would be productive.
Great idea! Keep the ideas coming.
- The Alabama teacher :)
I think that this is an awesome way to get a couple of cultures that would not have any communication to talk a little bit. I really like Levi's idea. We can bounce stuff off of each other. Hopefully this takes off!
P.S. Ian, don't worry about the y'all. I'm sure some of our Colorado slang will rub off on you guys.
I like this idea, it is always fun to meet people from other parts of the country, and now the West gets to know the South, and vice versa. It will be interesting to see how our two cultures interact and effect each other.
Like Kurt said, don't worry about the "y'all," we do have our own slang that you'll see plenty of, it is just the mixing of cultures.
I'm very excited to be a part of this opportunity. Hopefully we'll learn plenty from each other's classes. I know we have thought about several ideas as to what this class interaction will look like, but I'd like to know what you guys (Alabama Seniors) think. What do you want this exchange to look like? How should we conduct it?
This sounds really cool. The thing that I would like us to do is post some of our writings on the blogs. Then the people from the other class could give us some fresh ideas on our writing. I'm not really sure how well it would work but it sounds like it would really help me out with my writing.
I think that we should try to learn as one class, for the things that we both do. It would be neat if we shared what we learned, and to see if we can help each other reach to new areas of the subject.
Hello,
This is a great idea! I think we should post some of our work and see what the Alabama student's think! I think we should take this as an advantage to be able to communicate with students from a different state is very beneficial!
1. we will be able to see how they learn
2.Meet future college classmates
3. Have intenze discussions!
well i am done here
Later Gators!
I think this is an awesome idea, and I agree with Scott M. We should definitely post some of our writing and hear from not only our classmates but you guys in Alabama as well. Also, maybe we could consider posting on each other's blogs as well, i.e. Free Will Vs. Fate, and get some ideas as to what you all think as well.
I am really excited for this. Some of their kids said it would be neat to read the same book at the same time and I think if time permits it we should. Also like Smith said, and i don't know if you all have or not but we should take a class photo and put it up. I'm excited!
I think that cross country blogging is a good idea because they we know what is going outside of our town. I think it's good to understand what other people from other parts of the country are going through. It makes you more cultured and informed. That would be really cool if we read the same book or had the same curriculum because it's always good to get different perspectives.
I would personally like to know more about what you are studying/reading/learning about. Have you started college essays? What books are you reading? I would be really interested in keeping back and forth conversations about the similar/different things both classes are studying.
I also am excited about the cross country blogging, but in order for it to be effective we will need to make it a priority to interact in each class's blog. As for ideas on how to make this work the best, I would agree with what others have said about going through the same book or activity at the same time. Also, I think both classes should participate in both blogs as much as possible.
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