Our Family Blogging Month wrapped up just last week. We had such an amazing response from friends and family! We heard from family members as far away as Florida, Texas, and even Norway! We had close to 400 comments just for the month of January!
Part of our Family Blogging Month was our challenge to see who could have the most friends and family members comment. The winner from each class was to win their own blog! We got each of those blogs up and running just last week. The students have been learning how to navigate the Edublogs dashboard, how to add widgets, how to moderate comments, and how to write a quality post. So now, I’d love to introduce you to the first two student blogs!
Speaking of Taite
Taite was at the top of the 6th grade for total comments received from friends and family members! She’s been an amazing writer all year and very deserving of her own blog!
Tessa Time
Tessa was at the top of Miss Girard’s homeroom for comments. She has been extremely active with the blog all year being one of our top commenters for the year!
With Family Blogging Month being such a huge success and our students playing such a pivotal role in the success of our blog this year, it was impossible to only give out just two student blogs. There were so many others who are also very deserving of earning their own blog. So, five other student blogs were also handed out!
Kidding With Kirstyn
Bryan’s Awesome Blog
Hanging With Hannah
No ProblEMMA
Sam’s Story
We’re all so excited to see what exciting stories they have to share with us! Please drop by and leave them a comment, some support, and they’d certainly all love to start adding up some dots on those Clustrmaps!
If you have your own blog, do you have any recommendations for our new bloggers?
What would you love to see these bloggers write about?
Dear Mr. Avery,
All of these blogs are really cool, I hope I can get one this year, every time I get something like that, it makes me feel just a little more awesome.
Your friend,
Jacob B.
Mr. Avery
You are doing a wonderful job as a teacher in directing the students in your classroom about blogging.
This is my first time ever blogging, I am a student at the University of South Alabama College of Education.
In Mr. Strange EDM310.class and thank you for all you do as a teacher.
Dear Mr. Avery,
I made a new blog. It’s for all the beginner soccer players. I wanted to make a blog but I didn’t know what to make it on so I thought and remembered what my favorite thing to do and that’s soccer. So if you want to check it out here is the link, http://www.phillipssoccerinstructions.edublogs.org.
Your student,
Phil
Dear Mr. Avery and Mrs. Hembree,
Thanks for giving me some advice about the videos! I will try to make one for my parents this weekend. If I get one up today, make sure to check it out!
Thanks so much!
S<3m
Dear Mr. Avery,
I wanted to make an Aminoto for my parents anniversity, but when I created an account, the amount you need to pay was to much. Is there any other websites I could use?
~Sam
Hi Sam,
I actually have a code that I can give to you that will give you the Pro account for free for 6 months. With that, you can make a video as long as you want! I can give that to you on Monday. If you’re looking to put something up this weekend, you could create a slideshow with a site like Flickr or Picasa. Smilebox is a great site too. That’s the one that Alyxandra used to make the videos for the class for Christmas. That one is also free. I hope that helps!
Sincerely,
Mr. Avery
Dear Sam,
If you have a MS Windows, you can make a movie for free with MS Photostory too! It’s really easy to add pictures, text, recording and music.
The other website I like is Photopeach.
From,
Mrs. Hembree
Seattle, WA
Dear Mr. Avery
I am trying so hard to comment at least 5 times a day. I am actually am at my grandma’s house on her computer commenting right now :). I need more posts to comment on:). I still like your blog!
Your Classmate,
Frankie
Dear Mr. Avery
I am sooo excited about the field trip tomorrow! I have been to an IMAX movie before but I am still very excited. I still can’t wait!
Your Student,
Frankie
Dear Mr.Avery,
I have looked at all of the new student blogs and they are all coming out great! I have left a comment on most of them congratulating them on getting a blog.
-Allison
Dear Mr Avery’s class
I reckon your class must of put a lot of time and effort into this blog. My advice to new bloggers is to have a look at others who have been blogging for a while. I would like see these new bloggers write about what they have been doing.
Yours Sincerely,
Jono
Dear Mr Avery and Grade 6
I very pleased for you all that your family blogging month was such a success. Congratulations to all of the students who earned their own blog. The clever titles are very enticing!
In B4 we are planning to run a family blogging month in March. First we are going to have a blogging afternoon soon for family members to come along and learn how to post comments.
We hope ours is as successful as yours!
your blogging friends
Mrs Mckenzie and B4
Dear Mr. Avery,
I am sooo interested in trying to get my own blog. I have been trying to write as much comments as I can. Also, when are we going to make our next math movie network video? I am still very sad…..
Your Student,
Frankie
Dear Mr Avery and Grade 6, What a wonderful blog you have. All the better to find out all about the exciting things you and your students are doing. I hope to start a blog for my Grade 1 later in the year. Keep up the great work. Mrs Molinaro
Dear Mrs. Molinaro,
Thank you so much for commenting on our blog. We look for good quality comments like yours. Good luck with the blog in your 1st grade class. Thanks again!
Sincerely,
Frankie
Hi Mr Avery,
How exciting that people have got there own blogs! It is alot of fun but also alot of work too 🙂
My advice would be to reply to all the comments you get and think of cool ideas for posts.
I used things that I liked for my posts, like reading, going to the libary and my family as ideas.
Good luck! 🙂
Your blogging buddy,
Charlotte
Dear Mr Avery and class,
I’m so impressed with all of your wonderful students for earning their own blog!
I have visited all of them and added them to the blogroll on the 4KM and 4KJ blog. If you go to http://4kmand4kj.global2.vic.edu.au/ you can look at the blogroll called “Other Student Blogs”.
I was wondering if the students are able to add the “notify me of followup comments via e-mail” function to their blogs (if that feature is allowed on student blogs)?
Happy blogging everyone!
Mrs M☀rris
I really like your blog its really decorative and colourful!
I’m a student from Taradale Intermediate in New Zealand.
Yours Sincerely
Cody
Dear Mr. Avery,
I have people coming on from Queensland to California to Virginia too. I don’t even know where it is Banda Seri Begwan is! I cant forget Tasmania and Alabama! 😮 😯
Sincerely,
Tessa
Dear Mr. Avery,
I am astonished by how many comments you got in January! Wow–400 comments! That’s unbelievable and a great testament to your students and their belief in your blog!
I think if I had a piece of advice for new bloggers it would be to read, read, read other student blogs. I read that recently and thought it was wise advice. When I look at other blogs I get good ideas and they help me see that makes a great post.
My second piece of advice is to be persistent. It takes time to develop a visitor base. it can be frustrating at first, but if the students stay with it, they will develop their own set of readers.
I especially like how some of your students used alliteration in the names of their blogs! They chose names that I will remember!
From a disappointed patriots fan,
Mrs. Hembree