Henrico Staff Development

Ms. Landis works with her 8th grade creative writing class to create an online newspaper.  Students decided the layout of the paper as well as the content that was included.  The students conducted interviews, created original editorials, along with other staples that you would see in your local newspaper.  The class in continuing to improve the online paper and wants to include blogging so that students can respond to editorials and create a discussion on important topics relevant to our students.

Online Newspaper for Rolfe MS

Mr. River’s Math Magic is a blog site he uses to present a Standard of Learning concept math problem each day. Students demonstrate their knowledge of the math concepts by  showing their work when solving the problem. They often realize that there is more than one way to solve a problem, as long as they can show how they arrived at the answer. This is how Mr. River describes his site.

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Ms. Hedstrom incorporates blogging into her daily teaching.  Blogging allows for students to communicate in near real time, and inspires them to write since they are sharing their work with a worldly audience.  Blogging also gives a voice to those students who may be shy to participate verbally in the classroom.  You may access Ms. Hedrom’s blog by going to:

http://wilderms.com/hedstrom/