In my assigned teacher's blog, Mrs. Kathleen Morris, she teaches at Leopold Primary School near Geelong in Victoria, Australia. In her latest blog post she talks about how this is the first time in ten years that she has not spent the summer preparing for the new school year. She is now on maternity leave for her little girl that is 5.5 months old now. She explains that just because she is out on maternity leave, this does not mean she is out of the education loop, now with blogs and twitter the education community is still at her fingertips. She recently wrote some tips for graduate teachers on the ABC Splash site. I found this sit very very helpful to anyone that is going to be a teacher. There are such good tips for teachers not just on what she wrote, but on the whole ABC Splash site. She inspired me to have a class blog when i become a teacher one day so that the parents can see what the kids are doing or have done that day.
Hi Mrs. Kathleen Morris, my name is Lauren Reid and I am an Elementary Education major at University of South Alabama. I only have 3 semesters left before I will graduate with my degree but I plan on going back to school to get my Doctrine. I am taking a course that requires us to get involved with other bloggers all around the world, and my teacher has chosen you for me to engage with. I absolutely love this blog post, I am just now starting to understand that technology is the teaching of the 21st century. I have been watching all kinds of videos that explain to me how to incorporate technology, but I just found your blogs so inspiring. I found your “Tips for Graduate Teachers,” post very helpful even though I am not a new teacher. I never would have thought of making a classroom blog for parents and others to be up to date on everything going on in the classroom. You have inspired me to definitely do this whenever I get my own classroom. If you have any tips or advice for me I would love it! Lauren Reid
Kathleen Morris's Response:
Hi Lauren, I’m so glad you enjoyed this blog post. Hopefully you get the chance to start blogging with your future students. I have written a number of posts on getting started which I hope are helpful to you in the future. Good luck! Kathleen
Blogging and the Literacy Curriculum
In the second post to Mrs. Kathleen Morris's blog, I commented on the post labeled "Blogging and Literacy Curriculum." This post was talking about how blogging needs to be a part of every kids life in school because it helps with everything that writing and reading assignments would. This post is also on the ABC Splash website that I provided the link for above. Kathleen Morris realized that blogging cannot be squeezed in to your busy schedule, you cant just post during lunchtime because the post will not be at it's full potential. The lack of momentum led to low student interest and lack of opportunities for explicit teaching and learning. She explains that blogging needs to be planned because classrooms rarely have time for "add-ons." She then says "It is not longer enough to teach students to read books and write on paper,this won't adequately prepare them for their 21st Century lives." Also, students need to be transliterate.
My Response:
Hey Mrs. Morris, I couldn’t agree more with this post, blogging needs to become a part of every kids life. Teaching students to become transliterate is a great idea. I think it is awesome that your class has a computer ratio of 1:1. I live in Mobile, Alabama and I don’t see the school system getting technology in the schools anytime soon. I would love to be a traveling teacher so that I can move somewhere where the kids to have technology at their fingertips. Also, I am writing about you in my blog every time I comment on your blog. You can find my blog here!
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