Hello - I use geocities.com; you need a Yahoo id, but everything's free and pretty easy to use. Once in geocities.com, you choose PageBuilder. I'd suggest using their templates to start off. I have a lot of separate pages, such Humanities, Spelling, Reading activities (includes links to favorite author webs). This also allows me to make links to worksheets/assignments so if they lose their homework they can go to my webpage and print one out. I teach math, too, so I have links to many interactive math sites, which provide reinforcement and fun, too. Here's the site: www.geocities.com/a_lesemann - that takes you to my home page. http://www.geocities.com/a_lesemann/stthomasilc.html - that takes you right to my teaching page. I have yet to work out blogging for the kids, but this sounds like a great idea. With middle schoolers, you'll need to watch what they're doing and where they go online. Remind them that you can click on History to see what pages they've visited, if they're feeling sneaky. Let's face it, there will always be the kid or two who wanders off in Google Land...even with filters sometimes they'll just go off task, often to see if they can get away with it. Hope this helps - email me off the list with any questions.
Reading Specialist and Independent Learning Center Teacher, St. Thomas School Ann Arbor, Michigan www.geocities.com/a_lesemann www.geocities.com/backtalkclague --------------------------------- Finding fabulous fares is fun. Let Yahoo! FareChase search your favorite travel sites to find flight and hotel bargains. _______________________________________________ The Literacy Workshop ListServ http://www.literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/lit_literacyworkshop.org. Search the LIT archives at http://snipurl.com/LITArchive
