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Students in a 4th grade classroom will use their teacher's blog to access homework assignments, past work, upcoming projects, and provide feedback. Students will write a weekly 'Blog Letter Home' to reflect on what they learned that week from the lessons and share their perspective with parents. The goal is to better communicate classroom experiences and student progress to parents through an accessible online platform.

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Blog Lesson Idea

Students in a 4th grade classroom will use their teacher's blog to access homework assignments, past work, upcoming projects, and provide feedback. Students will write a weekly 'Blog Letter Home' to reflect on what they learned that week from the lessons and share their perspective with parents. The goal is to better communicate classroom experiences and student progress to parents through an accessible online platform.

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WEBSITE

AND CLASSROOM BLOG CREATION TOOLS


Name: Claire Seifter
Directions: Using the template below, describe how students could use a blog, wiki, or other websitecreation tool to learn required learning standards in your content area: For an A grade provide an idea that
reaches a Level of Technology Implementation of 4 or above. Remember higher levels (4-6) require that
students assume adult/professional roles; engage in higher-order thinking; and use technology
create/publish original content for their classmates and/or others beyond their school/classroom. The
learning activities and products should be engaging and meaningful to the students and to others who will
view/use/benefit from students work. Review your handouts on Engaged Learning, Authenticity, and LoTi.
Grade Level: 4th
Content Area: All
Technology Used (check all that apply):
Blog
Wiki
Other
Website Creation Tool (list): Edublog
Content Area/Grade/Standards/Topics Addressed: Covers all standards and content areas
Brief Description of Learning Experience:
The students main use of the classroom blog will be for reference purposes. I plan to incorporate a
Flipped Classroom component to our lessons to provide students with additional practice and support.
Students can access the blog to see homework assignments, past homework assignments, upcoming
projects, and they will be able to provide feedback in the comment sections. Approval of comments from
the teacher will be required before the comments are posted to the public. Photos or videos of completed
projects will be published on the blog for parents to access.
Every Friday, students will reflect on what they have learned from the weeks lessons by submitting a post
titled, Blog Letter Home. This is to provide parents with an insight of the weeks teachings from the
students perspective. They will have access to view the teachers postings of the weeks lessons, and then
compare it to what the students have blogged about learning. Students will write their Blog Letter Home
each Friday. Time will be allotted to complete this assignment at the end of Friday each week.
Blooms Level of Critical Thinking Required (check all that apply):
See http://epltt.coe.uga.edu/index.php?title=Bloom%27s_Taxonomy
Remembering

Understanding

Applying

Analyzing

Evaluating

Creating

Student Engagement/Level of Technology Implementation (LoTi):


Students will be able to communicate, review, understand, and post their own products using their teachers
class blog. They will reach a high level of learning because they will reflect on the weekly lessons by
publishing their Blog Letter Home blog post. Students will reach a LoTi level 5 because they are publishing
a product that extends beyond the classroom.
Importance of technology: Web-creation tools allow for communication that is prompt and accessible.
Parents are able to see exactly what their children are producing in a classroom when teachers post photos
and videos of the finished products on the blog. Homework, projects, and important information can be
instantly submitted for viewing. Computer, hand-held device, and internet access is required for parents,
students, and teachers to connect via a class blog. Without these forms of technology, communication
would be less efficient among parents and teachers.

WEBSITE AND CLASSROOM BLOG CREATION TOOLS


Inspiration (optional): My collaborating teacher for my ECE 4403 course has her students write a Letter
Home each week. This is the same concept as Blog Letter Home except the students in her class write the
letter, not post on the class blog.
Internet Safety and Student Privacy: Each parent/caregiver will be required to sign a consent form
stating their child is allowed to view the blog and participate in the activities on the blog. A monitored
comments setting will be set into place in order for me to personally review each comment before allowing
it to be posted to the public.
Describe your personal learning goal for this activity. What are you trying that you have not tried
before? What do you hope to learn from this activity? How do you hope it will help students learn?
I hope students and parents will be able to openly discuss material that has been taught in class. Often,
students experiences and lives within the classroom cannot be fully expressed to their parents very
detailed. A class blog and a Blog Letter Home will hopefully help inform the parents of the progress their
child is making in their education and give a better idea of what their child does on a day-to-day basis.

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