Elementary Teachers:
- Begin a discussion! Did you come across something interesting today in class? Encourage more discussion on the topic by posting a follow-up question that the students can respond to. For example, second graders learn about insects and non-insects. Perhaps you could challenge the students to see how many more names of insects they can discover.
- Give a few tips! Is the homework assignment for tonight a little tricky? Maybe you could post the big ideas from class that day to help the students when working independently at home. Share a few helpful links for extra practice too! Students may comment if they found the tips helpful (or not) as well as a few tricks they discovered that may help others.
- Teachers, encourage your students to post personal thoughts, ideas, or just what they did over the weekend by beginning a "You are free to comment" post. Students may discover something new about their peers and what they have in common with them. This could be a wonderful classroom community building exercise!
- Seat work. Instead of having the students complete their reading group work by filling out a worksheet at their desk, have them respond to a thought provoking question online to then use in the next reading group.
- Edit and Revise. Students could type their creative writing into a blog and receive feedback from their peers. What a great way to teach proper use of punctuation and correct spelling!
- Share your favorite websites! Students probably have the opportunity to explore the internet on their on time at home. Maybe there are a few websites they frequently visit and would like their friends to check out. The students can post the links on the blog for other students to explore at home. (This can be educational, or not. But, hey, technology is supposed to be fun, right?)
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For Technology this year, I plan on posting a starting activity of some sort on my blog! I really like your other suggestions. I may have to use some of them as well!
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