Classroom Comedy: Kids ARE the darndest things! :)

After our initial class blog, I had the children write what they thought about blogging.  Honestly, I was hoping to get something funny to put here.  Alas, my children were dead serious in all their answers.  But, I am going to post some of the answers anyway because Drew might find a use for them in his data collection.

AA – I think the blogging is fun.  I think we should do blogging again.  I think it’s productive.  I think it helps with typing and computer skills.  That’s why I think we should do it again.

CO – It was fun to talk to each other with the computer because we had silly names!  Plus, some people like to use technology like me.  You learn to type with other kids.  You can write a comment or question about what they write.  You get to answer other people’s questions that they ask you.  YEAH!!!  That is my favorite part about blogging.

AR – Although some of us didn’t stay on the topic, we still did learn.  It was a bunch of fun.  We learn how to be polite on the internet.

AN – Today when we did blogging it was fun because I got to know other people’s opinions.

WI – It was so much fun!  It will really help me with my typing.

JA – I thought that this was a fun way to talk online and learn.

CH – It was a good experience.  I like blogging.  It is fun and exciting.  You can ask questions!

EL – I think blogging is a fun way to show your feelings.  Blogging can help fins answers and that made it fun.  Blogging is also fun because you don’t know who you are chatting with.  You can learn a lot by hearing what people have to say.  You can also write back to the person and that is fun too.

Be – Blogging was great.  I loved posting my opinion.

So, there you are.  Straight from the kids – their opinions on blogging.  I noticed that they really enjoyed the fact that they could ask questions.  Don’t we all want to ask a question and not feel dumb?

Well folks.  Pleasant surprise and big smiles.  My student came today (see yesterday’s blog).  He read the blog comments, printed them out and stuck them in his backpack last night, and came to school today.

His mom emailed me and said how excited he was while reading the comments and they talked about all the people who really DO like him, rather than focusing on the negative aspects.  She said SHE really enjoyed reading the comments too.  She said it was the blog that got him to come.

Those who are in my class should have a direct link to my students’ blog from Drew, if you care to read it.

So while this isn’t a funny blog, it is an extremely joyous one.  Ah, the power of technology!

I’m warning you now, this isn’t a funny blog.

I have a student who has trouble coming to school.  He feels different and believes students from other classes are picking on him.  He is at the age where he is beginning to notice he is not like the other children and he wonders why.  Despite all this, he has a super bubbly personality and has learned so much this year.  He excels in science and social studies.

So today we had a meeting.  We are looking for ways to get him to school. 

A flash of light must have popped over my head.  Mom was saying how much he loved blogging in the classroom.  And I thought, “Wow, we can blog with him right now even if he isn’t here!”  So we did. 

I had the kids write comments to him, letting him know how much they missed him and how he is such a wonderful classmate.  (I didn’t tell them why he hasn’t been here – only that he wasn’t feeling good, which is the truth in a round about way.)

The comments they wrote to him were so sweet – a couple brought tears to my eyes.  Now, I am just sitting back and waiting . . .

Mom knew to check the blog with him so he could read them.

Could it be this easy?  Probably not, as there are other issues, but . . .

We’ll see tomorrow!  I have high hopes

One of my students was so inspired by blogging, she created this little “scene” using what she said was, “a doll that looked like her.” 

Now, this IS funny