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Unstoppable Creators and Powerful Thinkers

6 days ago

by tombarrett in Blogging, Leadership

This is one of the finest descriptions of a class blog I have ever come across:

Welcome to 1JR’s class blog. We are a class of ground breaking inventors, unstoppable creators and powerful thinkers. We learn cooperatively together but most importantly with a shared dream of success and impact. We are shaping the future and grabbing every opportunity life throws our way. Join us as we work hard to reap the rewards…after all, to appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, you’ve got to stand out in the cold.

These 5 and 6 year olds must have a great time!

Class 1JR at Rosendale Primary School

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20+ Classroom Blogs to Enjoy

2 weeks ago

by tombarrett in Blogging

I spent today working with staff at Christ Church Primary School in Brixton, South London – and we were predominantly talking about the use of classroom blogging to support learning.

During the day I was tweeting to ask people to share their own class blogs as I was working with different year groups and it was lovely to look back this evening and find so many all across the world that people sent me – so a big thanks to those of you in this list.

I have gathered them up and indictaed where the cass blogs are from and thought I would share in a post for everyone to benefit from.

Blue 3 Blog | This is yours to present to the worldhttp://bit.ly/yJsIGL - Leeds, UK
Mrs Elrick’s class blog http://bit.ly/zUf3gt - Taiipei, Taiwan
Year Two http://bit.ly/zn7IgJ - Toulouse, France
Mrs Soltau-Heller 2011-2012 http://bit.ly/wVrEi4 - Canada
Mrs Soltau-Heller’s Class http://bit.ly/zkjS5c - Canada
PLC Year 2 – PLC Sydney Year 2 Class Blog http://bit.ly/wiqgoD - Sydeny, Australia
Class 5′s Blog | Come and see what we’ve been up to!http://bit.ly/y95e8r - Hampshire, UK
2KM and 2KJ @ Leopold Primary School http://bit.ly/zUtheT - Victoria, Australia
2M Gems http://bit.ly/zBXS92 - Queensland, Australia
Learning Together http://bit.ly/A9rKER - Melbourne, Australia
Kensington Avenue Primary School http://bit.ly/wgCtq8 - London, UK
Ferry Lane Year 6 blog http://bit.ly/x6Cvlp - London, UK
Mrs. Poulin’s Blog – Kindergarten is one of the places I call home.http://bit.ly/ypLy0L - Massachusetts, US
kinderkids-kindergarten blog | A reflection on our kindergarten classroom. http://bit.ly/Amtssb - US
Caton Pre-School Playgroup http://bit.ly/yvZy8e - Lancaster, UK
Creative Blogs | Community http://bit.ly/woIzhm - UK
Class Blogs – LiveBinder http://bit.ly/y7uigY

And here are the class blogs from Christ Church Priary School too – they would be so pleased if you and your classes dropped by and added a comment or two. They have just started their blogging journey and would welcome the support.

RKM - http://bit.ly/zl7hJ9 – Reception
1WE - http://bit.ly/xnIWDN - Year 1
2LN - http://bit.ly/xk8VHL – Year 2
4SW http://bit.ly/yBm3OE – Year 4
56AT http://bit.ly/zdPrFc - Year 5/6

Make sure you spend some time exploring the different blogs and look for links to other school blogs they have displayed and I hope you perhaps find a class to link to and share some stories with.

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Please share your class blog in the comments below

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2 years ago

by tombarrett in Blogging

Recently I have written a number of posts about class blogging and have begun using one again in our classroom. One of the things that I wrote about in my previous post is how useful it is to keep tabs on your visitor numbers and locations, and how children get very excited about this.

One big influence on this is a separate network that allows you to promote your class blog and drive traffic to it. I am aware that with a larger Twitter network you can drive a larger amount of clicks. I am going to put mine to good use and post on Twitter a class blog recommendation every single day.

I hope that this helps drives traffic to your class blogs, widens your audience and continues to spark curiosity about different visitor locations. But perhaps more importantly it might help you and your class make some meaningful connections with other classes around the world.

I have started the #classblogs hashtag to keep track of everything to do with … class blogs!

Here are the first 4 recommendations taken from various tweets and recent comments on blog posts.

Mereside Primary School -Year 6 – Blackpool, England – http://meresideblog.wordpress.com
Class 4OQs Blog - Year 4 - Birmingham, England – http://class40q.wordpress.com
The Braman Bunch - Grade 5 – Michigan, USA – http://mrbraman.edublogs.org
IST Grade 2 – Grade 2 – Tanzania – http://istgrade2.wordpress.com

If you haven’t already please drop by and leave them a comment, remember if they have a visitor map even if you just take a look you will add a little dot. That dot may lead to a question from one of the class…

If you have a class blog and want me to help spread the word about what you are doing I am taking examples from the existing comments on my previous post, otherwise just let me know the details.

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