When setting up a new blog it’s always handy check out other people’s blogs for ideas.
So I’ve been thinking it would be really helpful to everyone, especially new educators, if we had a page on The Edublogger for links to class blogs called Check out Class Blogs. The list could also be helpful for people wanting to create connections with classrooms in other countries.
So I was wondering if you could help me? Do you have a class blog or are able to recommend some class blogs?
Can you please share with us:
- Blog name(s) and URL(s).
- Approximate age of students and are they primary, secondary or tertiary?
- If applicable, what subject area? e.g. maths, science, language, history, English, Art, Music, ELL, ESL, & EFL
- Country
Thanks to Sue Tapp for reminding me that this task was on my to-do list!
UPDATE:
- January, 2010 – comments on this post have now been turned off.
- If you would like to share your class blog details to be added to Check out Class Blogs please leave a comment on Our Class Blog List Has Been Updated — Is Your Class Blog on The List?
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My blog is a supplement to my 9th grade World History classes (Massachusetts, USA). I use it to connect the history events to things that our happening in our world today. It also is a great place to address questions students have in class, that are really not part of the curriculum. It also gets the students to practice having opinions….one of the main goals for our 9th graders is to master the thesis statement, so I see blog commenting as a way to get them more comfortable with “taking a stand” on an issue. Finally, students can read each other’s comments and honors level students can model appropriate writing for the lower level students.
http://buell.edublogs.org
Computer Applications – Beaverton, Oregon USA
MS & HS students blog around the theme “We must be the change we wish to see in the world”
We are willing to post comments on your blog if you are looking for partners. This is a semester class so one group blogs from Nov-Jan and the other March-April.
We embed a lot of Web 2.o tools like Glogster, Google Forms, comics, videos too.
Visit us at http://vcs.21classes.com
Along with our school blog (K-5) (georgetown.edublogs.org), we have two additional blogs that help us communicate with our sister school, Raey Guang Elementary in Ping Tung, Taiwan.
To help with student/teacher collaboration, we have blogpals:
blogpals.edublogs.org
To help with our family/family collaboration, we have a family site
ptclub.edublogs.org
7th Grade English
mskunce.edublogs.org
Hi
Our maths blog is used by our Early Years students during maths centres time as an independent work station.
http://www.room13mathsspace.blogspot.com
Hi everyone – thanks for leaving the information on your class blogs. I’ve now updated the list.
Can you please check the Class blog page to make sure I’ve added your link, it’s in the correct location and the information is correct.
Also I couldn’t add a few as some of the URLs aren’t correct.
My Class Blog is: Mr P Teach Tech
http://teachtech.edublogs.org
Grades K-8 Computer Technology Class
Hi, Our class blog is: Grade 5 Tigers
http://tville5.edublogs.org/
Grade 5, Ages 10/11, Illinois, USA
Scott Tockstein
Our class blog is at http://williamsonscience.wordpress.com
This is a 7th grade science blog in coastal North Carolina. Come check us out!
1. P.O.B. – AP English Located at http://pobapenglish.edublogs.org
2 and 3. My students are 12th graders in an Advanced Placement Literature and Composition class.
4. Charlotte, North Carolina USA
http://mcdonald3rd.edublogs.org/
This is a blog for my third grade class in Hudsonville, Michigan. We use our classroom blog for classroom projects and parental communication. It is an excellent way to keep everyone informed of our current events, share pictures and podcasts. We would love to hear from you!
I am new to blogging so would appreciate any creative ideas that you are willing to share.
http://stanhopesclass.edublog.org
This is a blog for my third grade class in New Hampshire. We use our class blog for all subjects. I try to update regularly with slideshows and voicethreads. We recently uploaded our imovies.
The URL is adjusted from post #43 so if you’d like to join us, we’re at
http://firsthour.edublogs.org/
We’re sixth graders in central Minnesota who get to the computer lab about twice each month. Next week we’ll be setting up blogrolls. It’s slow going.
Hi,
My blog is called Teachers Space and it has hundreds of links for Early Years teachers and those who work with children with special needs, especailly ASD.
It is linked to several other blogs which I maintain including one for maths links, a virtual gallery of art work and a Student blog for group blogging as an alternative to giving students their own blog site. A click on the picture that says ‘Back to Room 13’ will lead you to the other sites.
http://room13teachersspace.blogspot.com/
Sue
Victoria
Australia
Hi, this is my blog. It’s about space.
Ms. Christmas’s blog – http://www.MsXmas.edublogs.org
6th graders , 11-12 yr. olds
Advanced/Gifted SCIENCE
Palmetto Middle School in Pinecrest, Fl
Approximately 145 students
Mr. Borges and the Blog Squad
http://mrborges.edublogs.org
Gr. 7/8 middle school – Special Ed. Class (math and English)
We publish blogs weekly and a podcast each month (well…at least we try…)
Toronto, ON Canada
Name of Blog…Mr. Jorgensen’s Blog
For 8th grade students ages 13 and 14
Primarily a science blog but also used for a class of language arts I teach
http://mrjorgensen.edublogs.org/
Name of Blog…Mr. Jorgensen’s Blog
For 8th grade students ages 13 and 14
Primarily a science blog but also used for a class of language arts I teach
We are 4th and 5th graders (ages 9-11) in Greensboro, North Carolina, USA. We would really like some blogging buddies to discuss learning and what it’s like to be kids in different parts of the world. =)
http://upperhouse.edublogs.org
Hi we are an Early Years Special Education Blog in Victoria Australia.
We have hundreds of links attached to our site that you might find useful.
http://www.room13at.blogspot.com
This blog is now inactive. Thanks for visiting. I have added our new blog to the bottom of Sue’s list.
Hello, we are a fifth grade class located in the great state of Michigan.
Check out our class blog called The Skinny. We have a little bit of everything for you.
🙂
Hi, this is my Poetry Elective blog this fall… high school seniors.
I teach Grade 3 students in Forestburg, Alberta Canada.
I would love to hear from other Gr. 3 classes all over the world.
Hi everyone,
I’m located in British Columbia, Canada. I work with teachers and students in grades 4 to 7. You can check out our blog(s) at:
http://classblogmeister.com/blog.php?blogger_id=167360