Around the World in 10 Weeks…
There are just 10 weeks of school remaining! In those 10 weeks, Mrs. Rombach has plenty of excitement planned, including introducing the 2014 Student Blogging Challenge from Edublogs.org. This global blogging challenge allows teachers to connect with teachers and students to connect with students–from across the country and around the world. With just a keyboard and a few clicks, you can span the oceans and say hello to kids in places like Melbourne, Bangladesh, Michigan, or British Columbia. In fact, Mrs. Rombach has volunteered to be a blogging mentor for a group of students aged 10-12. How cool is that!
We’ll be participating in the challenge through this class blog, but you also have the option to join this challenge as an individual student. This activity is completely optional. If you’d like to participate, please leave me a comment here, and I’ll follow up with you on Monday or Tuesday. As a participant of the Student Blogging Challenge, you’ll be expected to meet weekly challenges, such as adding a widget or visiting another student’s blog. In return, your number of visitors will jump considerably. To find out more, click on the yellow and green Student Blogging Challenge badge above.
To begin my part of the challenge, I’ve added more blogging friends to our blogroll, inserted a Google translator, and left messages on several other teachers’ blogs. Click on one of the class blog links (under Blogging Friends), check out the class or student blogs, and be sure to leave a comment with your URL (which encourages an easy return visit). In my 30 minutes of worldly blog travel, I found a pile of blog tools I’ll be sharing with you in the next couple of weeks. Very quickly, you’ll discover all that you have in common with planet Earth’s young residents–and celebrate your differences, too. Remember, leave a comment if you’re interested in rising to this blogging challenge. 🙂
Now, for our blog question of the week:
Where in the world do you most want
to travel and why?
Leave your comment on our Padlet wall!
Hi Mrs Rombach,
Thanks for commenting on my blog!
No, I haven’t read that book yet, but it looks interesting so i’ll keep an eye out for it.
keep up the good posts on your blog. It looks really good. You should read my friends reason on why you should come to Melbourne! Her blog is called Chloe’s Underwater Blog.
Eden
Eden, can you send me your friend’s URL so I can visit her blog?
Hi Mrs.Rombach!
I was viewing the blogroll and I just want to tell you that Ms.Coffa’s blog site does not work.
See you at school!
Thanks for letting me know. I will correct that. 🙂
Hi Mrs.Rombach!
Can I please take part in the Student Blogging Challenge?
Thanks!
Pranav, I think that would be fantastic! I’m going to have a sign-up sheet in class tomorrow. 🙂 Thanks for letting me know that Ms. Coffa’s blog link doesn’t work. I probably have a typo, which I can easily fix. 🙂 I appreciate my eagle-eyed students keeping me on target. 🙂 I added a new blog resource page…I think you’ll enjoy all of the resources I’ve pulled together. Scroll down to the bottom of the page and hit Click Here. 🙂 See you tomorrow. 🙂
–Mrs. Rombach
Hi Mrs Rombach and 6th Graders
I am a teacher in Melbourne Australia and some of my students are lucky enough to have Mrs Rombach supporting them with their challenge posts as their Mentor. We are loving the supportive and fun comments from a teacher on the other side of the ocean (which ocean is that ?)
I think you should all want to come to Melbourne and if you want to know why you could read some of our student posts http://stlukesstudentblogs.global2.vic.edu.au/
Thanks
Celia
Melbourne Australia
If I were to go any place i the world I would go to the Hawaiian Islands. I would go there because it is a beautiful place. It is beautiful because it has nice white sand beaches and cool blue water, tall wavy palm trees and exquisite pink sunset. It is also warm year round. This means lots of fun in the sun. For these reasons I would love to go to Hawaii.
I’d love to participate in the student blogging challenge!
I think you should! 🙂 I’ll talk about this in class on Monday and take down names and emails for anyone who’s interested. 🙂 Should be fun! 🙂