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By: Step 4 – Help Parents Connect With Your Class Blog | The Edublogger

Step 4 – Help Parents Connect With Your Class Blog | The Edublogger — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 13:37:51 +0000

[...] two handouts used by Kathleen McGeady for her Grade 2 class [...]

By: Catherine Vivian

Catherine Vivian — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:53:04 +0000

What a great site, Kathleen. I’ve been blogging with my Year 3 classes for a while now but this has given my level of motivation a real boost.

By: Kathleen McGeady

Kathleen McGeady — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:44:07 +0000

Hi Belinda, our school created the permission form. It’s quite simple – just saying they give permission for photo, work, videos etc to be published. If you check out the DEECD website there are probably guidelines or forms your school could use however. Hope that helps and thanks for following my blog!

By: Belinda

Belinda — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 10:32:51 +0000

Hi Kathleen,
I have been following your blog for a while now as we used blogs at Uni in our Literacy unit. I am interested in the permission form parents had to fill out for their kids to participate. Was it a school generated form or was it one provided by the Department?

By: Kathleen McGeady

Kathleen McGeady — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:25:59 +0000

Thanks Theresa – I think you’re right that some teachers can use excuses such as “their students are too young” with blogging and all technologies. It really is worth giving a go though! Glad you enjoyed the handouts.

By: TheresaG

TheresaG — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 02:11:02 +0000

Kudos for you in blogging with students at such an early grade! So many teachers I work with think that students at this level are not “ready” for blogging – and I wonder if it is really the teachers who are not ready.
I agree with Sue that your parent handouts are amazing! I can’t wait to hear more about your classroom blogs!

By: Kathleen McGeady

Kathleen McGeady — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:31:34 +0000

I agree Kelly. Blogging is so much more worthwhile when you have families involved!

By: ktenkely

ktenkely — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:04:29 +0000

Kathleen, thank you for sharing your notes home with us! Sometimes it seems like the hardest part of blogging with kids is communicating the purpose and explain blogging to families.

By: Kathleen McGeady

Kathleen McGeady — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:55:00 +0000

@ Nicholas,
I really like that idea because it would mean less work for me! It would also give students more independence and ownership of the blog. Would be much easier with high school students but once I train my students up a bit more it might be an option. Thanks for the idea!

@ Sue,
Riley will LOVE having another visitor to his blog so thank you! Glad you liked the guides

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:49:39 +0000

Hi Kathleen, as always your parent guides are absolutely brilliant! I followed your link across to Riley’s blog and he is going really well.

I left a comment on his blog to wish him happy birthday and complement him on his blogging – hope that was okay?