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 * //Kidblog- Safe blogging environment. Good introduction to blogging.//** [|**//http://kidblog.org/home///**]

We set up the college students and 4th graders on the same blog. Using the Color name to identify the younger students the college students created the first post to engage the students and structure the blog format. Specific prompts were designed to keep students focused on a discussion topic. Using Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe they were able to engage in meaningful dialogue.


 * // Lessons learned: Must teach how strands work, how to access a thread, start new posts, reply/respond/submit (digital vocabulary) //**
 * // don’t assume since they are kids they understand the digital terms. //**



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