TLN Project Take Two

After many setbacks which I won't go into right here I've reworked my TLN project so that it is both interesting for me and my students and achieveable. Originally, I had planned to introduce my students to blogging so they can communicate with other students at international IB schools. However, as all of the connections I could make with IB schools were in North America I decided that the whole point of increasing global awareness would be lost.

I'm very pleased with the prospect of my TLN project take two as it focuses on my passion of sharing the love of great literature and blogging. I call my revamped project Book Review Blogging. I've actually worked on a similar project for a few years with Gary Toews, the Abbotsford Online writing project. I'll be interested to see how this project works at the classroom level. My project will introduce students to blogging so they can share book reviews with other students. My goal is for the students to be able to increase the number of books they read through an authentic writing experience through technology. This project should also help improve the students' written output. This project will also promote the love of reading.
Luckily, I ran into James Klassen last week at Abby and he is now working on a book review form the students can use through First Class. Tom also helped me by reviewing the steps of getting the students logged on to First Class and accessing the book review form. I appreciate all of their help. I now feel comfortable in proceeding with this project with my students. I also have some ideas of assessing the project using both data and work samples.
I'm looking forward to our discussion tomorrow afternoon.