International K-12 Blogs

Not only did I come across blogs from schools in the United States, but I also found some from other countries as well. The first website I used to find these was Australian Blogs The teacher made this blog to try and move her English class into "the digital age". On her blog, she talks about things such as how to podcast, the best ways to study, how to decifer a political cartoon, and a list of 1000 novels she thinks her students should read in their lifetime. This blog is different from the other blogs I found because it is not specifically to her students. She uses her blog to give information to anyone that wants it, be it her students or someone just looking to find out the easiest way to make a podcast.

The other international blog I looked at was from a school in Indonesia I specifically looked at the blog for the Kindergarten classroom, because thats the grade I want to teach. The kindergarten teacher also uses her blog to keep in touch with the paretns of her studetns and let them know what is going on in the classroom. She talks about the field trips they took and gives instructions on how the parents can recreate some of the art projects at home that the children really enjoyed makign in class. I really liked how she posted the Monday was one of the students birthdays and wished him a happy birthday. I think that probably made that child feel very special to see their name on the computer. I think this is a good way of reminding parents of upcomming events in the school as well as the classroom.