My classroom is a bit different because it encompasses the entire school. In the previous chapter I mentioned some of the tools that we are using at S.J. Welsh. I took a good look at www.gaggle.net to find a safe and secure way for my teachers to use blogs with their students. This is a difficult tool to incorporate considering the district will not allow communication without it being through their infrastructure. One of my ELA teachers posed a concern to me. She wants to incorporate blogging into her classroom and that is what prompted the gaggle discussion from me to her. I have also spoken to my principal about doing a weekly podcast for the school/community. At this point we are in the discussion phase with that as well. In this chapter the author says that some schools are publishing their newspapers online. We also do that at S.J. I post our newsletter on our school website and spotlight the “highlights” on the S.J. App. I am using other tools like Skype, Google docs, twitter and other forms to collaborate with the community. We started using twitter last year and it has been a slow but effective tool to use. It especially comes in handy when we have important information that we need to get out quickly.
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