I actually got some interesting ideas for this post at the OTEN Conference yesterday. I attended a workshop by a MAT graduate who had created her own social networking site for her 4th-6th grade blended classroom. I really liked the idea of each student having their own space (profile) to decorate and make their own.
I think it would be very beneficial to use blogging in the classroom, and I especially think middle school is a perfect place to use this tool. I would probably use a combination of posting personal "how's it going" questions that they then have to reflect on, and asking them to blog on a topic that relates to a topic we learned about that week. I remember "journaling" when I was in middle school, but I think blogging is a bit more interesting because the students can read each other's ideas and thoughts.
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Saturday, September 19, 2009
Who I am.
Hello. I am Meri.
I grew up in St. Louis, MO and I moved to Salem when I was 18 to attend Willamette undergrad. I majored in history and held a variety of jobs while in school including working as a barista and as an assistant in the library. Right now I am working at the Oregon School Boards Association in the Policy and Board Development Department. I really like working there, and maybe I'm a little weird, but I really enjoy learning about school policy.
Here is a picture of me from the OSBA website where I have giant pregnant head and kind of a weird comb-over hairdo.
Back about 9 years ago, I worked with inner city kids at a summer camp in St. Louis. I also facilitated teen groups and STARS classes with AmeriCorps, and led after school girls groups for at-risk middle school girls. My goal is to get certified to teach middle school social studies. I would also like to get an endorsement in ESOL. I took two years of Russian in college, and I am working on refreshing my grasp on the language. I got married in 2005 to a musician-electrician dude, and we live in NE Salem with our 15 month old son, Thaddeus and our cat, Assassin.
I grew up in St. Louis, MO and I moved to Salem when I was 18 to attend Willamette undergrad. I majored in history and held a variety of jobs while in school including working as a barista and as an assistant in the library. Right now I am working at the Oregon School Boards Association in the Policy and Board Development Department. I really like working there, and maybe I'm a little weird, but I really enjoy learning about school policy.
Here is a picture of me from the OSBA website where I have giant pregnant head and kind of a weird comb-over hairdo.
Back about 9 years ago, I worked with inner city kids at a summer camp in St. Louis. I also facilitated teen groups and STARS classes with AmeriCorps, and led after school girls groups for at-risk middle school girls. My goal is to get certified to teach middle school social studies. I would also like to get an endorsement in ESOL. I took two years of Russian in college, and I am working on refreshing my grasp on the language. I got married in 2005 to a musician-electrician dude, and we live in NE Salem with our 15 month old son, Thaddeus and our cat, Assassin.
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