Mr. Rennie's Class

  Last week the kids posted, indeed reposted some stories and poems. We discussed the fact that the audience for these pieces of writing could be people all around the world. We are widening our audience to provide kids with the opportunity to share beyond the warm embrace of our school community. I hope this in turn results in increased confidence and purpose for the writers. We posted them as blog entries under News. You'll have to scroll through and go back to pages to find what you're looking for. In the lab today we had a shortened period which focused on sharing their work by inviting more classmates to share their writing through google docs. We'll continue to write and share throughout the year and I hope the parents are getting a chance to read the student's work.

  On Thursday I'll be going to Southgate to spend the day in the lab with Rob Hatfield and his students. I hope to get further insight into what our students need in order to arrive at middle school prepared for using the lab. I also hope to discover other applications that our students can explore at O.G.and advice on managing the website,