http://www.wetpaintcentral.com/ This site may help you set up what you need. Deb G
On 6/29/07, Julie Santello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Angela, > This is the same situation as I was in when I used discussion > boards. We had a access to Gaggle, a free email service for > students. I set up a classroom and then assigned them the discussion > board. This is part of the services in gaggle. If you are looking > for more teachers in the same kind of program, look at our district's > IT page: > http://www.manatee.k12.fl.us/sites/IT/home.html > There are some good ideas found here. I am no longer in the program, > but my school is an EDGE school and I will probably head back to it > in the next year or so. I was one of the pilot classrooms for the > District and I started it in 4th. It is a great age to do the one to > one with!! You will love it! > Julie/Manatee County, FL > > > On Jun 29, 2007, at 11:26 AM, Angela Almond wrote: > > > I am currently trying to find something: blog, wiki, discussion > > board, to > > use in the classroom next year to replace the reading response > > journals. > > We are going to a one-to-one classroom where every fourth grader > > will have > > their own laptop and I think this is a great way to incorporate the > > technology with something I already do. > > > > However, when I have looked for something (blog, wiki, discussion > > board) > > to use, I keep running into the same problem. I am hoping you guys > > can > > point me in the right direction. Let me tell you exactly what I am > > looking for: > > > > I want a site that only the students in my class can respond on. I > > don't > > want just anyone to be able to post on it. My students don't have > > e-mail > > addresses so the site can't require them to sign up with one. It > > needs to > > be somewhat kid-friendly because this is the first year they will > > have had > > access to laptops and many may not have the skills to navigate a > > complicated site. It also needs to be free because, although I > > love my > > kids, I just don't have any extra cash I can shell out on this! > > > > I have a call into our technology person in the county office with > > these > > same questions but since the topic had been brought up here, I > > thought I > > would see if any of you have any suggestions. > > > > Thanks in advance! > > > > Angela Hatley Almond > > Fourth Grade > > East Albemarle Elementary School > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > [email protected] > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/ > > mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > -- Deb 1st/OH http://www.fabulousfirstgrade.50megs.com/index.html http://geaataglance.ohea.us/ NBCT Summit Report http://www.ohionbctsummit.org/ "Not all readers are leaders, but all leaders are readers." ~ Harry Truman _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
