The second graders in Mrs. Oyama’s class are bloggers. They have been learning how to use the wordpress app on their iPads to write blog posts. They are very excited about being bloggers and sharing their work with the world!
Mrs. Oyama’s goal of having her students blog began with an idea that she could use the writing process to create meaningful publishing opportunities for her students. From the moment she first introduced the idea to her students they have been excited.
The first thing they did was make a page called Nā Hōkū o Ka Lani. On this page they introduced themselves and used the app Drawing Pad to draw a picture which they uploaded to the blog from their iPads.
Their next step was to partner with another student and pick a topic to create a blog post about. Using the writing process the students went through note-taking, rough drafts, and editing before they published their final pieces on the blog. They used iMovie to publish their final pieces. You can view their blog here.
Below is a short video with Mrs. Oyama and a few of her students talking about blogging.
This blogging unit aligns to:
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NETS-S –
Danielson Domain –
