Rachael Kraft's EDM310 Blog

Ashley Ziglar's Web Page

2007-04-10T13:55:00.000-06:00

I also reviewed Ashley Ziglar's web page...There was red on the page sources for the hawaii, hollywood, las vegas and toyko pages. All buttons worked... I thought it was a nice. I really liked the pictures and would like to visit a few of those places....

Lisa's Web Page

2007-04-10T13:03:00.000-06:00

I had to critique Lisa Legrone's web page for class. I really liked the pictures. I think it was a great topic. I suggest revising the sentence of the home page intro. There was a typo. There was some red on the page source for your home page. The Grand Canyon picture might look better if the white border was cropped off, so all the pictures would match. Overall great job!! I would like to visit some of those places too....

2007-03-26T15:06:00.000-06:00

Here's another example of an international blog. This one is based in Portugal. It is the blog for a 5th and 6th grade class. They talk about daily events, show other class blogs from around the world. They communicate with a class in Seattle and in Spain. I thought this one was very interesting and put to good use. If you want to check it out click here to see. Here's a pic of a kid in her class, who started his own blog.

International Blog

2007-03-26T14:57:00.000-06:00

Here is a link to a blog done in England. Just click here to check it out. The teacher uses the blog to talk about events and currents topics of his class. He has the students vote on things and even talk to students in America. The graphic above is from the blog.

2007-02-22T14:29:00.000-06:00

Here's my second example...Mrs. Caldwell's English class in Mountain Brook, AL. She uses the blog to communicate with her class about their readings. From what I could see she requires her students to respond and talk about the readings by commenting. She is using the blog to get her students to really look into readings. Take a look Click Me. The picture she had listed under Macbeth...

Blogs in Schools

2007-02-22T14:00:00.000-06:00

I found a few examples of blogs being used in classrooms. I'm going to talk about two of those examples. The first example I found was for Mrs. Smits' 2nd grade class at Hudsonville Elementary, MI. She uses the blog to communicate with her community and the parents. She describes their daily events and post pictures. It was a great use of blog in my opinion. Here is a link check it out.click me Here's a picture from their Valentines Party.....

Reflection

2007-02-06T13:53:00.000-06:00

I have liked blogging up to now. I think it could be useful in a classroom setting. It would be a good way for classes at different schools to communicate about what they are learning. It would be very useful in a classroom that has computers, if not it might be difficult due to not all students having a computer at home. It would also be a good way for the teacher to communicate with the students. I really think most kids would like to use this in the classroom. I'm pretty sure alot of kids are already familiar with the process. It seems to be the thing to do right now. So, yes I think it could prove very useful in the classroom.

Yay!

2007-01-25T13:46:00.000-06:00

Did my presentation on Tuesday...Thought it went okay, actually suprisingly easy...Considering I have a slight fear of standing in front of a class....Ready for my weekend even though it will have a bunch of homework in it...

Favorite Show

2007-01-18T14:05:00.000-06:00

Today is Thursday which means my all time favorite show comes on tonight... Grey's Anatomy.... It's really the only thing I find time to watch... So I'll be ordering a pizza and me and my mom will run our husbands out of the den so they can have some guy time and enjoy a peaceful hour!!!!!

My MySpace

2007-01-16T14:17:00.000-06:00

Here is a link to my myspace click here

My Pup

2007-01-16T14:11:00.000-06:00

This is my dog, Tuxedo, he just had his 7th birthday. He is only part mine and I think loves my dad more than me but that's okay because I'm getting a new puppy in three weeks. She is a papillion and so adorable.....

Post

2007-01-16T14:02:00.000-06:00

Posting to show I can log in!!!!!! Realizing my weekend will be twice as packed as I already thought it was :) Guess no sleeping-in.....

PowerPoint Subject

2007-01-15T20:44:00.000-06:00

I've decided to do the powerpoint presentation as a summary of my family and my favorites. It's about all the things that sum up who I am and what I like. I tried a few different ideas but this one stuck.

Link to Tuesday Thursday 2 Class Blog

2007-01-11T14:56:00.001-06:00

To go to the Tuesday Thursday 2 Class Blog click here.

Yippy! A Blog!

2007-01-11T14:32:00.000-06:00

My name is Rachael and this blog has been created for a class.... Never blogged as a requirement so this should be interesting.... :)