http://mrsolson.edublogs.org Practicing keyboarding while communicating with the world Fri, 02 May 2008 12:58:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 6th graders - I decided to write this in a blog post and have you respond here rather than having an open class discussion right away. After our discussion yesterday about appropriate wiki material and proper citing of photos, several students decided to add somewhat questionable material to the wiki during ... http://mrsolson.edublogs.org/2008/05/02/wiki-deleted/ We started our brainstorming yesterday and we'll record it here. We're coming up with topics that we would like to share with students from around the world about Wisconsin, our school, the midwest, and topics of interests to you as students. Your task in your comment today is to come ... http://mrsolson.edublogs.org/2008/02/19/wisconsin-research-brainstorm/ Happy Valentines Day!  For our last day of keyboarding we're going to do a slightly crazy activity. You'll each begin a comment to this post, and then every minute, I'll say "switch" and you'll get up and move to the next chair, add to THAT comment, and so on.  I'm leaving the ... http://mrsolson.edublogs.org/2008/02/14/round-and-round-we-go/ Hey 6th graders!  Welcome back to keyboarding!  We have some exciting projects to work on in addition to practicing our keyboarding skills.  Before we get started, though, I have a few questions for you: 1)  Do you have an email account (of your own)?  If so, what do you use it ... http://mrsolson.edublogs.org/2008/02/01/welcome-to-round-2/ Well, this is a little off-topic, but we're having so much fun and getting so much work done in our small class that I thought we'd talk about something a little different today!  Tell everyone why you like or don't like middle school - is it better than elementary?  What's harder ... http://mrsolson.edublogs.org/2008/01/24/do-you-love-middle-school/ Welcome to keyboarding, 6th graders!  Your first blog assignment is to tell me what your computer/technology background is.  Have you ever been taught keyboarding by a teacher?  Have you used a keyboarding program?  What do you do on your computer at home?  (examples: school work, IM, email, etc)  Do you ... http://mrsolson.edublogs.org/2008/01/18/welcome-to-keyboarding/ 6th graders - Here's your chance to let everyone know what you liked or didn't like about keyboarding class.  Remember, you're reflecting, so you're going to share WHY you did or didn't like things.  Feel free to write as much as you'd like! When you're done with this comment, you may go ... http://mrsolson.edublogs.org/2008/01/16/reflection/ Our class is doing an excellent job with the blog project, including the students who are simply contributing comments.  There is one thing that we need to work on, though.  Blogging is not simply about asking questions and polling the readers.  A blog is a place to publish your thoughts ... http://mrsolson.edublogs.org/2008/01/10/beyond-questions-blogging-as-reflection/ All the 6th graders seemed to be ahead of me with technology!  I hadn't used instant messenger since my early college days and hadn't gotten into text messaging due to the cell service plan I have.  Well, this weekend I started using both IM and texting to collaborate with a ... http://mrsolson.edublogs.org/2008/01/07/mrs-olson-is-catching-up/ One of the main things I like to do on the internet is talk with people from all over the world.  I'd love to give you that opportunity and am planning on starting a blog with other teachers/classes from all different places.  First I need your input!  What's an area ... http://mrsolson.edublogs.org/2008/01/04/collaboration-input/