Hello! Well, with school in full swing I am so excited about the things that are going to be happening in the grade 9 humanities classrooms at CSS! My teaching partner and I are totally on the same wavelength, and have too many ideas to fit into one school year (as you may have seen in older posts...).
This week and next we will be introducing 3 web services to the kids.
1. Google +: the next thing in social networking sites. Students will be using Google+ to share their journal entries, Free Reading Challenge novel reviews, current event 'Sparks', Googledocs, and more. This site will be the main hub for all things humanities 9 this year.
2. Penzu: an online journal. Students will be able to write privately, and only share what they want to. Their entries will be everything from novel responses, current event responses, thoughts on topics in health and service learning, and more. The fact that they do not have to share everything is what has drawn us to this service.
3. Issuu: an online publication service. Students are able to publish their work in an interactive, online format that is available to anyone. This will really allow students to share their work with more people than just their classmates, and enable them to truly respond to each others work.
That's it for now! Stay posted for more details on how these services work out in class!
ttyl :)
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