It has taken about 5 lessons for Peggy and I to get the students up and running with their blogs and the larger concept of current events. In retrospect, there are quite a few things I would do differently. First of all, I would have actually started with the IT tools first (which goes entirely…
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Boy am I excited! The Social Studies Meets IT blog was actually read and commented on by someone outside of our school community! He writes: “Hi, I’m a secondary Social Studies teacher in Missouri. I have just recently started utilizing blogs in my classroom, and was very impressed by yours. I was wondering how you…
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Slowly, but surely, I am learning the tricks of the trade. I can tell it’s going to take some time since there is so much to know, but I found a hugely helpful resource on Cool Cat Teacher’s blog . She lists the “10 Habits of Bloggers that Win” all in one place , which…
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As I continue to work on this project with my students, and, in the process, to develop this blog, I realize how important it will become to my life as a tech teacher. I must admit, I started writing just to see how the technology worked so I could help my students. But now that…
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