International Classroom Bloggers

  The first International blog I was able to locate was Mr. Clarence Fisher's for a combined class of seventh and eighth graders in a small town in Manitoba, Canada. Much like our class, each of his student's also has a blog that they are to post various assignments to. His class also makes its own vlogs, wikis, and podcasts. I was impressed considering this is a class of seventh and eighth graders, but then again the younger generations are getting more and more technologically savvy. Mr. Fisher uses his page as a portal to all the information his students need to remember from class, and he also posts reminders for tests dates and such. 

The other International blog caught my eye because the teacher made a post about J.K. Rowling and Harry Potter. This class blog was located in New Zealand where the teacher was making her way through her first year at the school after moving from New Mexico. This blog was for a class of fourth graders (or students in year four), and was more a guide for parents to help their children, and stay informed about what was happening in classroom eleven. However, like in the post about Harry Potter, the students (with their parent's help) were to make their own internet postings whether it was to the class blog or another internet site.