In the first part of this week's C4K assignment we are supposed to have a thorough look at the workings of Mrs. Yollis' classroom blog. Mrs. Yollis' is a third grade teacher for a school in a suburb of Los Angeles, CA. One of the best features of Mrs. Yollis' blog is that it serves two purposes. Not only is it used by her students to learn about blogging, but it can be used by other educators as a guide for how to use blogging in the classroom. On the homepage of Mrs. Yollis' blog there are links at the top that provide information for others on how to comment, write HTML code, and shooting digital images. She also has links provided to her personal website. Which is a very helpful website for the parents of students in her class and also a great site for other educators. Her personal website has all kinds of links to other educational blogs and also links for parents to activities to engage in with their children.
Some of the other tabs/links on Mrs. Yollis' blog include a link to her "Time Zone Friends." Which is a page containing clocks telling what time it is for her friends with other blogs and friends of the blog. You can also follow a link to learn about California and there is another link where you can meet the students in her third grade class which is comprised of twenty-two students, eleven boys and eleven girls. She also has a ticker that tracks where and how many visitors the blog has had. It's a world map that is lit up from visitors all around the world.
Mrs. Yollis' blog is very impressive. She has deservingly received a number of accolades for her work with the blog. Like I said earlier one of the most impressive things about her blog is that she teaches with it two-fold. It is an invariable "classroom blogging for dummies" guide. I find all of the information on her blog very helpful. Not only have a favorited the classroom blog, but also her personal blog for me to use in my PLN. I implore you to have a look see at her blog, you can follow the link at the top of this post, or use this lazy link here.
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