A New Year means time to update the Check out Class Blogs list which has been growing since November, 2008.
About the Class Blog list
It now contains over 200 class blogs, sorted into different categories based on age, subject area and type of blog.
The list was set up so educators can check out different types of class blogs to get ideas for their own class blog while also making connections with classes in other countries.
I’ve worked through ALL the blog URLs in the comments on Calling All CLASS blogs…Please Share Your Blog URL With Us! to:
- Remove blogs that have been deleted or are no longer active (haven’t updated since Jan, 2009)
- Insert links to the new Class blog for educators who create a new blog for each school year
- Add any blogs missing from the list
The list contains amazing examples of Class blogs from around the World!
How To Add Your Class Blog To The List
As Calling All CLASS blogs…Please Share Your Blog URL With Us! post is now over 12 months old, and contains over 250 comments, I’m closing off comments on that post.
Off course I’m still happy to grow our Check out Class Blogs list — I just need to restart the list to make it manageable again 😎
If you want to add your class blog to this list (or update your class blog details) leave a comment on this post to share with us:
- Your Class 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
Here’s an example of the type of information needed:
Please check the Check out Class Blogs list first before providing updated information.
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Hi,
I have recently set up a blog on Edublogs and would like to be included in your class list. The name of our blog is Miss Lindgren’s Geek Speak. It is primarily used with our junior high students in my computer class. The goal is to introduce the students to blogging, impress upon them the safety and security necessary to post on the internet, and to help with one of our school improvement goals which is to improve writing skills.
Thank you!
Shari Lindgren
Primary School
Yr 2/3 (7 & 8 yr olds)
*Interactive whiteboard activities
*Maths
*Literacy
Blog discussions on current topics.
Brisbane, Australia
(Interest in Gifted Ed)
Jan
OOps
forgot to put in address etc
Year 2 (6-8 year olds)
Brisbane, Australia
2rshiningstars.blogspot.com
Wendy Randall
Hi Sue
I have just set up a blog with my Year 2 class in Brisbane, Australia. It is the first time blogging for them but I have been blogging with Year4/5 for a couple of years now.
The blog is to encourage the children to reflect on their learning, share their learning, see a purpose for their learning and realise that learning doesn’t just happen within the 4 walls of our classroom.
Thanks
Wendy Randall
I just started moving this over, but
http://brandimartin.edublogs.org/
is my school blog for my HS art room. We do digital photo, computer art, web design, animation, AP 2D design, letterpress and screen press printing.
We’re located in Aurora IL
Hello Sue:
Your tips have been a tremendous help for me.
This is my first year participating in the blog experience.
I hope to have my students participating real soon.
Our classroom blog will be designed to expand awareness of careers in Foods and Nutrition.
The students – 9th to 12th graders in High School
in West Virginia, US
@efoust, thanks glad my tips have been helpful. Can I get you to give us the blog URL for the class blog so I can add it to the list?
27 pupils
and
julie gordon, teacher
at
http://craighillps.edublogs.org/
This is our Primary 6 class blog (9 and 10 year olds), primarily used as a home/school link to share pupils’ work and photos with family and friends all around the globe. Topic work includes: The History of Rock and Roll, Mary Queen of Scots, Medieval Scotland, Bridge Building and writing–among other things. This is a new initiative for us, so we are learning as we go.
Please add our classroom blog to your list. I created it for my gifted classes from 3rd to 6th grades. We have many Blogroll links to challenging websites, postings/videos about our local birding and gardening projects, digital photo scavenger hunt, etc. It is also used as an example for other educators through our district’s technology classes by our technology supervisor.
Debbie Dumais
Gifted Specialist
Fultondale, Alabama
http://fesrlc.edublogs.org/
Please add our classroom blog to your class list. Initially, I created it for my gifted classes of third to sixth grade students as a provision of challenges. It has evolved into a continuously compilation of our classroom interests, events, and projects. The Blogroll has been utilized as a central location for research/challenges throughout our class and their regular education classes. Our district technology supervisor demonstrates our classroom blog in her technology classes as an example of how a blog is being used locally. It is also used as parental communication for those with Internet access. We have included a digital photo “Around School” scavenger hunt page, photos of birds at our classroom feeders, gardening projects, and student-created birding videos for the Great Backyard Bird Count. Debbie Dumais, Gifted Specialist, Fultondale Elementary School, Fultondale, Alabama
http://fesrlc.edublogs.org/
Hi,
I’ve created a class blog for my grade six students. There are a dozen blogs linked from our classroom page below, each with four to five student authors. Topics cover history, science, and personal learning projects.
Room 162
http://mrmillersblog.com/
11 to 12 year olds
Thank you!
John Miller
Chalone Peaks Middle School
I’ve started a blog for our after school program: Project L.E.A.D.
The students are 6th-8th graders, from Lauderdale Middle School. We’ve been posting technology tools and media tools to experiment with. We were planning to do some research on earthquakes since we are located on the New Madrid fault in West Tennessee, USA. The recent quake in Haiti has added another dimension to our research. Please join us at Project LEAD – Let Each Achieve Daily, and let us know you’ve been there.
http://lmsprojectlead.wordpress.com/
Sorry,
blog address for 4/5 Grist
http://grist.edublogs.org/
Thanks
@tgrist, Hi Tameika – sorry about that by Akismet that monitors spam comments on this blog unfortunately placed your links into the spam moderation queue.
HI,
I am blogging for the first time and doing it with my class!
We are Grade 4/5 (10 – 11 yo) from Tasmania (Australia).
I am excited about the year ahead, and plan to join in with the blogging challenges if possible.
Tameika Grist
Please join our learning journey:
http://grist.edublogs.org/
HI, (sorry for the repeat, but my link was not obvious)
I am blogging for the first time and doing it with my class!
We are Grade 4/5 (10 – 11 yo) from Tasmania (Australia).
I am excited about the year ahead, and plan to join in with the blogging challenges if possible.
Tameika Grist
Please join our journey:
http://grist.edublogs.org/
HI,
I am blogging for the first time and doing it with my class!
We are Grade 4/5 (10 – 11 yo) from Tasmania (Australia).
I am excited about the year ahead, and plan to join in with the blogging challenges if possible.
Tameika Grist
Sorry the blog address wasn’t obvious as I linked it with my username. (sorry, still learning)
Please join our journey:
http://grist.edublogs.org/
Our 6th graders have all been involved in a great persuasive writing project in their literacy classes. They wrote persuasive paragraphs about a variety of controversial topics and have posted them to blogs. One of the reasons we chose blogging as a writing platform is because it allows them to publish for a real world audience and receive feedback from the blog readers. They would love to have you (or your students) read their posts and make comments.
You can find all 7 blogs at http://east.mesa.k12.co.us/library/persuasivewritingblogs.htm
Topics addressed are:
Access Denied – internet filtering at school
Creature Feature – animal rights
Game Zone – video game violence
On the Brink – endangered animals
Out to Lunch – school lunches
Phone It In – cell phones in schools
Trash Talk – recycling
Grade Level: 6th (11 and 12 yrs old) Middle School
Subject: Language Arts
Country: Colorado, USA
Hi Sue,
First of all I want to say that your site rocks!! Everything is so clearly explained, so nice and it had helped me a lot in starting this new thing.
I am really new to blogs, and I will appreciate if people can drop by my blog and give me any feedback of how I am doing, I will really appreciate it! =)
http://www.angliakids.edublogs.org The name of our blog is: Right Click
We will really love to be added to your class blogs list!!!
I teach computer to kids K-4 in a private school, they are learning English as second language. This blog will be focused on my 4grade students who are 9-11 years old. We will be working during this class and will discuss different topics related specially with subjects such as Science (Global warming, natural disasters, greenhouse effect, etc.), Language (collaborative stroy making) and Social Studies (Culture from other countries)
The purpose of my blog is to get my students into collaborative projects with kids from other places so they can share information about their countries and their life styles.
My kids are so excited to start this porject, I really hope many of you get interested and start working with us.
Hope to hear from you soon!
Ana Cristina Trevino
Computer Lab Teacher
4grade students (9-11years old)
Monterrey, N.L., MEXICO
@angliakids, Hi Ana- thanks for the nice feedback and glad my information is helpig you with your class blogging. Your blog is looking really good and totally love the name Right Click.
My blog is for my tenth grade honors English classes and my AP Lit and Comp classes. My students have all created their own blogs, which are linked to mine, and all are a way of transposing the analysis and discussion we’ve already been doing in class into a more creative and broader forum. Enthusiasm runs high as we are just getting started.
Head Outta the Book
http://deborahharris.edublogs.org/
10-12 grade
Upstate NY, USA
Sorry, left off that they’re 10th 12th graders in upstate New York, USA!
My blog Head Outta the Book is for my five high school English classes (three tenth grade honors and two AP Lit and Comp). It’s a transposition of the type of work we’ve been doing in class only in blog form, but I’ve also had all of my students start their own blogs, linked to my blog, where they post their work and respond to each other. We’ve just started, but the enthusiasm is high.
http://deborahharris.edublogs.org/
This is a high school class blog involving the integration of English and art. These students are seniors that are enrolled in the same two classes: English Honors and Art 2D/3D. Literature that is taught in English is integrated into a variety of different projects in art.
high school, English, Art
Please add my blog to the list. I use the blog primary to inform students about class work and assignments for the day. Those students that miss class can go only and get the information for the day like their homework or any classwork that they have missed.
Thanks,
Faby Clark
http://spanish1senoraclark.edublogs.org
Spanish
Grades 3-5
Whitaker Elementary School
Winston-Salem, NC, United States
Our blog is used to show what we do in Spanish class and to talk about our experiences both in class and in the community with learning Spanish. We also share our experiences about traveling to other countries.
This is my changed blog. I have changed year levels from primary grade 2 to now a range of high school levels. I will be teaching Science and Mathematics and look to use this blog as a site for students to access their daily activities, extra information, course requirement and information.
Year Level: 7, 10 and 11
Subjects: Science and Maths
School: Matthew Flinders Girls Secondary College
Location: Geelong, Australia
@Mr Collier, thanks for letting me know and I’ve moved it from Primary to secondary science.
PS love how you have used that theme.
1. Mr. Moore’s Class Blog
http://mrmoores.edublogs.org
2. 11 – 13 year old secondary students (6th, 7th & 8th grades)
3. technology (Web 2.0)
4. U.S.A.