https://k12onlineconference.org/2008/10/23/prove-it-we-like-our-blogging-buddies-the-write-stuff-with-blogging-mentors/ archived presentations 2006 - 2017 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:41:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.8 https://k12onlineconference.org/2008/10/23/prove-it-we-like-our-blogging-buddies-the-write-stuff-with-blogging-mentors/#comment-2235 Wed, 09 Mar 2011 17:41:00 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=319#comment-2235 […] the positive side, watching K12 Online Conference, we see kids learning and growing from technology. From sharing their experiences and using […]

]]> https://k12onlineconference.org/2008/10/23/prove-it-we-like-our-blogging-buddies-the-write-stuff-with-blogging-mentors/#comment-2234 Fri, 18 Feb 2011 16:51:20 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=319#comment-2234 […] video for Assignment Three, “We Like Our Blogging Buddies: The Write Stuff With Blogging Mentors” , is about a first grade class in Canada that became blogging buddies with a group of college […]

]]> https://k12onlineconference.org/2008/10/23/prove-it-we-like-our-blogging-buddies-the-write-stuff-with-blogging-mentors/#comment-2233 Tue, 21 Dec 2010 06:36:27 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=319#comment-2233 […] all my students watched and reflected on "A Peek for a Week – Inside a Kiwi Junior Classroom," "We Like Our Blogging Buddies: The Write Stuff with Blogging Mentors," "The Heroic Journey Project," "Sharing: The Moral Imperative," "Teaching Kids to Think Using […]

]]> https://k12onlineconference.org/2008/10/23/prove-it-we-like-our-blogging-buddies-the-write-stuff-with-blogging-mentors/#comment-2232 Sat, 17 Jul 2010 15:43:59 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=319#comment-2232 […] to technical aspects of writing (punctuation, spelling, . . .) and how little went to ideas.  (We like our blogging buddies) I wonder if that is because typing is typing and it just does not resemble the beautiful, awkward, […]

]]> https://k12onlineconference.org/2008/10/23/prove-it-we-like-our-blogging-buddies-the-write-stuff-with-blogging-mentors/#comment-2231 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:20:18 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=319#comment-2231 […] On my reader, I ran across a post from Two Writing Teachers.  It gave some notes from Kathy Bomer’s keynote address at the Writing Institute Conference.  The title was “What About the Child Who __________?”  She made several good points.  We basically need to meet the child where they are.  The child has to write badly before they can write well.  I believe, and she reinforced, that all students should keep a writing journal.  Sometimes it is the quick writing that you feel doesn’t have to be perfect that creates the greatest gift.  As a teacher, we need to see a child’s strenghts and not always focus on their weakness.  We should not assume they can’t do anything.  It is important to give the students a reason to write.  It is best if they have an audience.  This brings me to publishing which can reinforce to students that they are writing for a reason and they have an audience.  It’s also important to celebrate the kid’s writing with them.  Focus on what they have done right and not just their errors.  I recently saw a session from the k-12 online conference that used blogging between first grade students and college students who were pre-service teachers. It gave the first grade students a reason to write which influenced their attitude toward writing and motivated them to work hard not to mention improved their writing.  This may be something you might want to read.  It is called Prove It  “We Like Our Blogging Buddies: The Write Stuff with Blogging Mentors.” […]

]]> https://k12onlineconference.org/2008/10/23/prove-it-we-like-our-blogging-buddies-the-write-stuff-with-blogging-mentors/#comment-2230 Sun, 11 Jul 2010 18:09:36 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=319#comment-2230 […] conference. There were many sessions that interested me.  One of my favorite session was called Prove It ” We Like our Blogging Buddies: The Write Stuff with Blogging Mentors.” One presenter was a first grade teacher.  The other one was a college education professor who […]

]]> https://k12onlineconference.org/2008/10/23/prove-it-we-like-our-blogging-buddies-the-write-stuff-with-blogging-mentors/#comment-2229 Tue, 06 Jul 2010 20:11:53 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=319#comment-2229 […] “We Like Our Blogging Buddies: The Write Stuff with Blogging Mentors”. by Kathy Cassidy and Patrick Lewis on….. […]

]]> https://k12onlineconference.org/2008/10/23/prove-it-we-like-our-blogging-buddies-the-write-stuff-with-blogging-mentors/#comment-2228 Sun, 18 Apr 2010 22:13:37 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=319#comment-2228 […] blogging buddies from the University of Regina drove to Moose Jaw to meet us.  These big buddies have been commenting on my student’s blogs since January, so my students had been […]

]]> https://k12onlineconference.org/2008/10/23/prove-it-we-like-our-blogging-buddies-the-write-stuff-with-blogging-mentors/#comment-2227 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 01:47:58 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=319#comment-2227 […] other in the social media landscape. Kathy Cassidy’s presentation from K12Online08, “We Like Our Blogging Buddies: The Write Stuff with Blogging Mentors” remains one of my favorite examples of this ethic. How wonderful it would be if we see more […]

]]> https://k12onlineconference.org/2008/10/23/prove-it-we-like-our-blogging-buddies-the-write-stuff-with-blogging-mentors/#comment-2226 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:26:21 +0000 http://k12onlineconference.org/?p=319#comment-2226 […] – 5:00 We Like Our Blogging Buddies: The Write Stuff With Blogging Mentors Kathy Cassidy is a grade one teacher at Westmount School in Moose Jaw, SK, Canada.  In the winter […]

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