by Brian | Feb 5, 2009 | Uncategorized
(PixUp) Originally uploaded by BCrosby One of the benefits of having students blog is that they build an archive of their work. Today I had my students find an earlier post to “remixâ€. If they were in our class in 4th grade, they had to choose a post from 4th...
by Brian | Feb 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Even though my students have been blogging for 1 to 3 years, most started out way behind in their English and writing skills. Over half the students in my class have parents that did not graduate from elementary school, and about a third never made it past 3rd grade....
by Brian | Jan 24, 2009 | Uncategorized
Two years ago today was the first day we used Skype video-conferencing to bring a classmate with Leukemia, and unable to attend school into class from her home. The video my 4th graders (my current 6th graders) produced that has now been downloaded from the net over...
by Brian | Jan 11, 2009 | Uncategorized
           We are at a brainstorming stage in out Bike Project where we were listing out ideas on different topics. I was going to do this on our ActivBoard because unlike writing on a chalkboard or regular whiteboard what you write on it is...
by Brian | Jan 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
 Today we had the pleasure of having one of my former students visit our classroom and talk with my students. Juan is a college freshman now, planning to be a pediatrician by-the-way, and he has the lone distinction of having been taught by my wife in 4th grade, the...
by Brian | Jan 9, 2009 | Uncategorized
So yesterday we jumped back into wikis. Now you have to understand we use wikis a lot in our classroom, but lately, mainly as a place for my students to find and follow links I’ve put there for them. If you’ve already been to our class wiki then you...
