Misfits

The students get to see their work published. It allows instant, positive parent contact/communication. It's a permanent display of the old fashion question "what did you learn today."

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GO POKES . . . SIKE! GROUP ESSAY

The activity in the video increases self-esteem. This 6th grader in this activity must have some self-esteem that is through the roof. It also allowed parental involvement.  This takes some of the attention off of the teacher and places it on the student and the parents.   
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Gryffindor Essay

We feel that the benefits of this activity are twofold. It is valuable for students in that they receive sought-after feedback from their parents that they may not otherwise get. Parents also benefit from this activity because it gives them an inside look at what is happening in their child's classroom. Often, students are not forthcoming with their daily activities and lessons. Parental feedback via a class blog allows for parents to be more involved with their child's academics and for students to display their work for others and reflect on what they've done. Sent from my iPhoneYPS E-Mail Disclaimer: View at http://bit.ly/YPSemail

YMS gals response

The student blog allows parents an easy way to digitally save their child's work. In addition it gives the student a sense of accomplishment seeing their work published. Blogs could easily be used in cross curricular activities.