Blogging for You

I attended a NASTech meeting yesterday in the library at Westbury High School. They have a room adjacent to the library with several computers, but the library itself only had a few locked down laptops for their OPAC stations. The school has implemented a very successful COW program that extends to the use of laptops in the libraries.

I was most interested in the presentation given by an elementary bilingual teacher about blogging in her second grade classroom. She chose this venue because it simulated journal writing and she believed she was helping to create an online community of readers and writers. Sure enough, connections were made with a school in New Zealand, and the students are now enthusiastic writers! She recomends using David Warlick's blogmeister because it's made for the classroom, but also check out 21 classes.

Avatars, anyone? Check out Voki and take your pick.