Doing the Stuff
Imagination. I love the new commercial for Canon on creativity, imagination, and contributing. You can view it here. Here’s another inspiring one from Apple–Think Different. On November 23, we are going to have a “genius hour”–a time for you to imagine and do whatever you want! Gary Stager shared ten things you can do on [...]
Good-bye, Stanleys! We loved having you!
Finally, we have all said good-bye to Stanleys belonging to Mrs. Howlin’s class and shipped them back to New South Wales. We had lots of fun with them. They were kept busy here in Iowa. Here are a few photos of their adventures, plus a special video for Jorja.
Flat Stanley Came For a Visit
Welcome, Stanley, all the way from New South Wales, Australia! Mrs. Howlin’s Year 3 and 4 students sent us nine sturdy Stanleys. They came in a mailer with photos, drawings, and stories. Since we only have four more days of school before summer break, we got busy entertaining them and introducing them to our Iowa [...]
Way to go, Bloggers!
Congratulations to these Krebs’ Class Bloggers who were featured on the “Visit These” blog page this week. Molly, Ryan, Allison, Crystal, Abby If you don’t know how to get on the visit page, ask one of them. Congratulations to Nicole and Brittany whose blogs were recommended by other students. Everyone Mr. Heinrich asked us to [...]
Best Student Blogs of 2010
What do you think? Do you want to take a risk? Do you want to have a great blog? Do you want to have the best student blog of 2011? If you do, we can take the baby steps needed to make that a possibility! It just takes a commitment to sharing your genius with [...]
Leave Your Blog URL When Visiting Others
Here are step-by-step instructions for leaving your URL in a comment. First, open a new post and call it “playground”. This is one you will not post, but it will remain in draft form, a place to practice. On your practice page, write a message about your blog in Visual view. Something like: My blog [...]
Cafe, Triple H and Lions Blogging Work
Hello, geniuses, here are some recent posts to check out. Remember to read through the commenting guidelines and take this assignment serious. It is your chance to contribute and connect, which leads to collaboration with others who are passionate about the same things as you. Bloggers’ Cafe is from Australia. See the latest posts, always [...]
Protests in Egypt
Eighth graders have been studying the American Revolutionary War. Is it anything like the protests and rebellion in Egypt? Some of us think so. We’ve begun to engage in a discussion with another eighth grade class, and now on our own blogs too. Would you care to give your opinion? Would you have joined in [...]
We Can Visit the World
Hi, Geniuses! You are on a journey to share your brilliance. Here are some active classroom blogs. Please spend some time thoughtfully visiting, reading, and responding to what these students are saying. Have fun and make connections! The Electronic Pencil The Write Stuff Mr. Toft.ca Our Homeschool Blogs You also might want to submit a [...]
