Posting Work to Blogs

Pt. England

One obvious reason it is important to post student work to blogs is for recognition of their hard work. In the case of The class PS22 in New York their postings of their choir is very inspiring for other students and teachers to watch. Below is a Link to their Blog where you can view their journey to also experience their success.View This Amazing Group

We as teachers sometimes also need inspiration and some of the podcasts we have been able to view are wonderful for our direction as teachers. Attached you can view one of those videos I became very inspired over. Dr. Randy Pausch gave a lecture at the University he taught at and the Title of the Lecture was The Last Lecture. The point of the lecture was a tradition by the college that when someone was retiring they would give a last lecture, but in this case, Dr. Pausch was not retiring, he was dying. This video is so moving, inspiring and motivating it would have to be one of my most poinant reasons to post information to your blog. My friends who are teachers would also be inspired by Dr. Pausch's outlook in life, even in the shadow of death. Dr. Pausch

Lastly students like to see that we are concerned enough about their work to take the time to both show them how to post and manipulate technology, but also the parents benefit by being able to experience their children's lives when they are in school and the parents cannot always be there. The school I have been communicating with in New Zeland is a wonderful example of how the students, parents, other teachers, the school and even the community call all benefit from a little extra time to post student excellence for everyone to see.Pt England