As I prepared for my first year of being an official virtual teacher in our school system's new virtual school, I thought of ways that I can prepare my students for the future, not just academically, but also in equipping them for the innovative society in which we live today. With technology at the forefront of our program, what ways could I utilize technology to teach and enhance their academic growth, yet still make it manageable and age-appropriate? I personally had never blogged before, but knew that I wanted my students to create their own blogs imbedded into their digital portfolios. That meant that I needed to play around with it myself so I could also model for them the expectation. I had previously used Kidblog in my face-to-face classroom, but I wasn't crazy about the changes made to the platform. I wanted something that would not be public, but could be shared with families. Since students would be creating digital port...
Did I really just get co-credited beside THE Leslie Fisher! Beth, I adore you! This made my day. And I love saving all my color palettes for different projects. Great tip!
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