Tuesday, October 23, 2007

Blogging With an IB School


Hello, most esteemed colleagues! My name is Brandi Kamiya from Abby Middle School. I teacher grade 6 Language Arts, Social Studies, French, and Personal Planning. This year we are implementing the Middle Year's International Baccelaureate Program (MYP-IB). Part of this program involve integrating technology with learning.
I am interested in using blogging to increase written output and encourage discovery of other cultures. I am hoping to contact other IBO schools throughout the year and have students communicate through blogs. If time permits, I would like to create oral biographies on iPods to send on-line.

1 comment:

Tom van Hunenstijn said...

That sounds really interesting, Brandi! In order to proceed you're going to need to make arrangements with another school in order to share. Does the school on other side have ability to make recordings and send them to you? If not, would a blog make more sense? What do you want the recordings/blog/penpal/reading discussion group to be?
You also need to think about how you want to share your ideas (using a website, email, blog, etc.) and setting up those resources.