Notes home? Not anymore... Used in daily lessons Above and Beyond work for students
Providing students with authentic examples of how the Internet can be used in a responsible way. Providing students with educational outlets online. Providing opportunities to explicitly teach Internet safety.
Keeping students engaged needs to be in a language and an environment they enjoy and are familiar with. Provides an alternative from the traditional classroom experience.
Giving students an authentic audience helps improve voice and increase their investment.
Blogs allow student expression using a medium they are comfortable and familiar with.
Provides an opportunity not only for you to teach Internet Responsibility explicitly, but also for them to practice it.
Class is over? Doesn’t mean the discussion has to be! Class conversations can extend beyond your classroom (even beyond your city, state and country) and beyond the time constraints of a class period.