The 5th Grade students in Mrs. Nowicki’s class at Springfield Park wanted to talk with other students within the county to get their opinions on cell phone usage by kids and school uniform policies.  In their research, the students discovered that Laburnum Elementary has a school uniform policy in place, so we asked the 5th grade teachers at Laburnum if they would be interested in blogging with us.  They agreed, so the Springfield Park students came up with the questions they wanted to ask on each topic.  Then Mrs. Grubbs, the school librarian, created a blog through blogs.henrico.k12.va.us so that the students at Springfield Park could communicate with students at Laburnum.  The Springfield Park students really enjoyed seeing and responding to the comments made by their peers at another Henrico County school.

Blogs are a great way to take your students ideas outside of the walls of the classroom and even the school.  Some teachers even have their students blogging with kids at schools in different states…and countries!  Sign up for a consultation if you would like to learn how to create a blog for your students through blogs.henrico.