I’m a middle years teacher in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. I was told about the Comment Challenge by Kim Cofino on Twitter. As soon as I heard about the challenge I wanted to be part of it and I wanted my class to be involved. My quest this year has been to connect my students and myself to the world. I want all of us to become global citizens and be aware of the world around us. Because I’m connected as an educator I’m able to provide my students with the ability to connect with other students around the globe.
As I checked the list of participants there were many names I recognized. The following names are people that I’ve communicated with through classblogmeister. I’ve exchanged emails with Jane Loweand Kathy Rice. I’ve participated in many on-line discussions with Lisa Parisi. and worked on collaborative projects with Barbara Bashour. I’m also involved in a global collaborative writing project called MS1001 Tales with Ann Oro along with Jo McLeay and Anne Mirtschin.
Sharon Peters was a presenter for my last grad class and Cindy Seibel was another student in the class. Many of the same people are part of my Twitter network.
Through these many connections I’m able to provide opportunities for my students to communicate with other students around the globe. My students are becoming active participants in the student comment challenge which I hope will encourage them to spend as much time writing comments as they write blog posts. I also hope that they, like me, find new blogs to read, enjoy and question in our ongoing challenge to become global citizens.
3 responses so far ↓
Sue Wyatt // May 6, 2008 at 4:32 pm
G’day Kimberly,
It was great to see all the students from Regina visiting our classblog and some of the students’ indivivual blogs as well. A few left comments and my students then had to find out where in Canada the students came from. I came through Regina a few years ago on a driving trip from Vancouver to Toronto – visited the RCMP museum – fascinating history throughout Canada.
Ann Oro // May 6, 2008 at 6:42 pm
This is a project that I would like to do with my students next year. I think that the comment challenge will give a focus to reading other student blogs. I really have not done a lot of work in this area because I have not found a way to use blogs that will work for my students and I. Enjoy the challenge. Perhaps you can write about the results after the 31 days with your students.
Ann
Kim Cofino // May 13, 2008 at 5:31 am
Fantastic! So glad to have you and your class with us in the Challenge! I would love to hear what your class thinks of this focused exercise on quality comments. I wonder if they appreciate thoughtful and meaningful comments as much as we do?