An experiment

Apparently I don't have enough to do - I started yet another blog.

It, like this one, has a specific purpose. We are having author Linda Sue Park visit soon and I needed a way to introduce her books to the students but we didn't have time to read them. In these days of testing, I barely get to see the students! Parking it Here has a series of activities that one class is going through at their own pace and writing their posts which only I have the right to publish. The other classes will go through the activities as a whole group and then, hopefully, add comments to the student posts. It's not perfect. Getting the students from the class who is posting to return their permission slips has not been easy. While they are enjoying the experience, I'm not sure if they'll be any better prepared for the author visit. The blog itself is crazy with so many different people posting about different things at different times. You have to use the categories on the side to navigate. Choosing the category Activities will get you the 6 activities that the students read before they post. Anyway, if you're interested in having students blog without them each having their own blog, edublogs has a way to get them all attached to the same one.

If you, like me, don't have enough to do, please consider reading and commenting to some of the students. I also welcome any suggestions as to how to improve upon the idea.