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!

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

So I mentioned them yesterday, but didn’t go in to detail.  Teachers know about it though.  October is just so icky – it’s the time you look at your class and say, “Where did you put all MY students and why have aliens invaded your bodies???”  And then you have to reflect.  “Where did that teacher from August go and what alien is invading me?”  Which puts it all into a bit more perspective.   So, I am calling them the October Icks.  Nobody is normal.

The Background:  We were all working on laptops today.  We are so fortunate to have enough that I can have one for each child (on certain days) in my grade level.  And yes, I know how lucky we are.  So we were all using them for a “project/test/assessment” on George Washington Carver.  The kids got to choose their program and they had to prove to me they read the book.  They had to include dates, important events AND how they felt about those dates and events in his life.  They only had one hour (which really ended up being 50 minutes) to complete their projects.  Talk about working hard! (When we finished, one student even said, “That was exhausting.”

The Laugh: (which really isn’t a laugh but I am trying to make it one and some day it will be – and I saw it all with my own eyes)  One of my students leaned over to help another with a computer issue.  As he did, the student behind him reached down and grabbed his half full water bottle (flimsy throw away kind) and strategically placed it on the other’s chair, so when he sat down, water would explode everywhere.  Luckily, I caught the other student from sitting down in time.  Here we are with 20k of computers in the room and he wants a water bomb to go off.  Obviously, I am still mortified but maybe some of you can laugh. :}  I’m not me right now so it’s hard to laugh now.