Feb 6, 2011 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Why we blog in our classrooms – lesson 26

The first few techie brekkie sessions this year have been designed to revisit some of last years topics. The reasons for starting our year in this way were twofold. Firstly we have several new staff and secondly it is good to be reminded of some of the programs we first considered early last year. This week we looked at blogging in our classrooms. We reaffirmed our commitment to be a blogging school and we... read more

Aug 3, 2010 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Lesson 14 – Learning together

This techie brekkie was designed to inspire my staff to read more blogs. It came about as I read @betchaboy’s post on his work with a Year 2 class at his school. When I read it I thought, I must make others read this. I have been nagging them to read blogs this for a while and I while know that some have set up google reader accounts but I am not sure just how much reading and learning is going on.... read more

Jun 20, 2010 Posted by Henrietta Miller

Lesson 08 – Setting up an RSS feeder

This Techie Brekkie was designed to introduce my fellow teachers to blogging. I also showed them how to set up an RSS feeder. I called it – ‘What are blogs, why and how you should read them?’ Firstly I showed them  Shelly Terrell’s video ‘Why do we Connect’ to remind them that it is through our use of social media and blogging that we can connect with like minded teachers... read more