February 6, 2013

Hello Parents.

Today, Everyone at Allen Brook participated in "Digital Learning Day."   Here is what we did:

- We posted our recently-completed fiction stories on our Kidblogs.
- We each  paired up -- via computer -- with a 3rd/4th grade student in Ms. Schoolcraft's class.
- Then, we read and commented on our partners' posts and they, in turn, commented on ours.
- Have your child show you his or her story on our Kidblog. Make a comment on your child's post if you'd like. Consider making a comment on a couple of other kids' stories.
- Note: I have added GUEST USERS to our list of users on our Kidblog. The password for guests is Horizon12.
- Ask your child to show you who their partner was today in Ms. Schoolcraft's Class. Have your child show you his or her comment. Maybe together you could leave another comment. (You may have to be logged in to our class Kidblog to be allowed to leave a comment on the Schoolcraft Kidblog.)

- I was proud of your kids today -- their patience and perseverance as we worked through the twists and turns of  logging onto the computer ( including spelling Horizon12) , logging onto Kidblog, and  learning to comment, edit, post, and not lose it if their laptop lost power and shut down. They also were very generous in helping each other. You might ask your child if he or she helped any classmates today. :)

- Next steps: we hope to Skype with Ms. Schoolcraft's class tomorrow or Friday. Also on Friday, students will take more ownership of their blogs by choosing a unique  "theme" to use to dress up their Kidblog page. If you would like to help them get a jump on that, please feel free to get started.

On another note, we were so focused yesterday and today on our Digital Learning Day, we just couldn't squeeze in writing to you in our Home School Journals. Sorry. We will write to you tomorrow, and they can come back on Monday. 

That's it for now.

Thank you. Have a nice rest of the week.

David