Tuesday, June 5, 2007

006.7 Blogging: The Value of Using It with Kids

"...and a little child shall lead them."



How much more convincing do you need?
Here's the blog itself.

These children are 6 & 7 yr olds. I think they got it.
I'm glad their teacher got it for them.
And their administration must get it too!

Of course, I AM preaching to the choir...or you wouldn't be reading this!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

WOW!!!! That is sooooo awesome, can we send this to our superintendent, CIO, and other certain people in the Tech dept.??? I really wish they knew the possibilities that are available that our students are missing out on!!!

Becky said...

This R U L E S!!! I cannot WAIT for my Library Blog to start in August! I need to get w/ VWB and create one that will be ready for the kiddos to write, write, and write some more! Oh, and I might want to get a Library Web Page up before then, so that they have somewhere to link from! Funny how I am so progressive yet so behind at the same time!

Carolyn Foote said...

Thank you for sharing this!

I'm doing a workshop on blogging today for k-12 teachers, so I am going to share the video! Perfect timing!

Thanks for all your great tips and insights--I enjoy reading!

Rachel Boyd said...

Hi there,

Thank you SO much for featuring our video... glad so many people are enjoying what is going on in our classroom!

I have a bunch of amazing 6 & 7 year olds who just take everything in their stride and quite like being "famous" worldwide :)

Another of our favourite videos is one of them talking about what a blog is and why they love having them. You can view it here on Teacher Tube using this shortcut URL: http://tinyurl.com/24hy28

Blogging for kids is awesome and it opens up the walls of the classroom. This presentation is all about the many benefits: http://tinyurl.com/ynlvt3

Glad you enjoyed the video :)
Good luck in your area!!

Kind regards,
Rachel Boyd, Nelson, New Zealand

http://rachelboyd.blogspot.com
http://room9nelsoncentral.blogspot.com/