Chapter 10

The tenth chapter the book, “Reading, Writing, and Literacy 2.0: Teaching with Online Texts, Tools, and Resources, K-8,” discusses literacy 3.0 and continuing professional development. Internet projects are becoming more common in the literacy age. One kind of an internet project could be a classroom Blog. As a blogger this past semester, this type of project interested me because I typically do not explore blogs and this was my first time experimenting with my own blog. The book mentioned an award winning Blog called Mrs. Yollis' Classroom Blog. It was interesting to read and explore this blog to compare the differences between my blog and a much more complex blog website. Anchor charts were a main topic of discussion throughout the book, so the Anchor Chart Central link was the first one I checked out. There were about 10 or so examples of anchor charts for different subjects, which serve as a great example and ideas for other teachers to use in their own classrooms. I am not used to imputing hyperlinks, so the Learn HTML Code! Link was very useful for me, which can help when I am making a class website or blog. The Blogging Resource for Teachers tab included videos of students, questions about blogs, and projects, activities, and sample blog posts. The 365 Blog page was an interesting project. Students involved in this project are asked to take a picture, give photo credentials to the photographer taking the photos, and post the picture to contribute to the photos posted daily by other students. Students are asked to leave comments on pictures as well as end with a question about their own picture to stimulate conversation and discussion in the group. I can understand why this blog is an award winning Best Class Blog. It is a great reference and guide for teachers beginning a classroom blog, and offers many resources contributing to learning and literacy. I highly recommend this blog and for more information you can go to http://www.yollisclassblog.blogspot.com.au!