Third Grade Bloggers!

We are excited to start posting to our KidBlog accounts.  Blogging is a great way for us to publish our writing to a real audience.  KidBlog is a wonderful place for us to develop our writing skills, practice writing safely on-line, and connect our writing with other classes.  Below is some general information about our KidBlog accounts.

Why Kidblog 

(from http://kidblog.org/home/)

Safe

Kidblog provides teachers with the tools to help students publish writing safely online. Students exercise digital citizenship within a secure classroom blogging space. Teachers can monitor all activity within their blogging community.

Simple

Kidblog offers a kid-friendly publishing experience suitable for any K-12 student. We help students focus on what's important by removing distractions so they can focus on writing. Teachers efficiently manage all posts and comments through an easy-to-use dashboard.

Authentic

Kidblog gives students’ writing a meaningful purpose and an authentic audience. Students are motivated to write for their peers and engage with a global network. Teachers moderate all content, so nothing goes live until you say so.

Transformative

Re-imagine writing instruction. Built by teachers, for teachers, Kidblog’s platform is deeply rooted in the pedagogy of writing. Engage students in the process of pre-writing, drafting, revising, editing, publishing, and commenting — Kidblog facilitates feedback and moderation at all stages.

We are just beginning our journey of becoming bloggers.  Our first posts will be far from perfect, but are a wonderful way for us to look back at the end of the year to see our progress as capable writers.  Growth as a writer is what we emphasize and encourage.  Throughout the year we learn and review the skills good writers use to proofread and share their message.   

This week students are in the process of posting their first two blog posts.   One is a short post talking about what area interests them in science, and the other is a Dot Day post that focuses on what make them unique individuals.  In the next few weeks we will also learn about how to write good and appropriate comments.  We will link with other classes to read their writing and practice commenting in a respectful way. 

Please take time to visit our blog page at https://kidblog.org/class/mrs-adams-class4/posts.  Feel free to leave a comment or two to help encourage our young writers!