Friday, August 24, 2012

Today was an important day for our future as bloggers and general digital citizens! We confirmed that each one of us had a working blog linked to the sidebar of our class blog and that we each had 2 posts published and ready for commenting.  But more importantly, we had a great discussion about things we can and can't do in this digital space.  As we discussed each and every one of our blogging rules we all agreed to sign the contract and use our blogging power for good.  We talked particularly long about the ethics of using copyright friendly media-- images, audio, and video-- and all agreed that if ever we can create the original media by ourselves, that that would be the best option.  Beginning on Monday, we will have a rotation calendar of who will be each day's "Daily Blogger."  We will post our write-ups of the activities of the day, including English class and beyond, to our own personal blog as well as this space here.  So, now the true adventures begin!

Also-- if anyone wants to sign up for the Student Blogging Challenge, the sign up link is here.
Lots of additional great information on blogging can be found here: http://teacherchallenge.edublogs.org/challenges-2/blogging-with-students/