Survival Mode

School is winding down and it seems like it went by soooooo fast! I haven;t been able to use much technology in teh classroom lately and in realizing this I began to think how I can weave it into my next unit on 20th Centuryfrom around teh world. I was not able to introduce my discussion board forums as a method of questioning and dialogue during this previous unit so I plan to get it off teh ground after Spring Break at the start of "20th Century." I have expanded my idea to not only have the students in discussion board groups responding to questions and to one another, but to hav them start their own forums based off the historical events that we learn about during the unit. I wnat them to do some type of interactive online notebook (if I can figure out a blog site that can get through the firewalls), and have the students share their thoughts, ideas, and new found understandings ofthe material.I think blogs are a good way to have students become more active participants in tehir success because it causes them to think more deeply about the information and mold it in a way that makes it more personal to them. If anyone reads this and has other ideas I can use, please feel free to respond.