A blog in support of Kyle Reports and Del Reports. A university writing instructor guiding elementary school students in writing their blogs. An effort to get children to improve their writing skills through blogging.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Blogs in Plain English
This is an easy to understand video that could be used to introduce children to the idea of blogging. This video comes from Common Craft, a company that makes "complex ideas easy to understand using short and simple videos." The videos use simple pictures and plain English which could be used as a model for children to create their own videos. The process relies on putting together a number of still images and is time consuming, but the results are great. To see how they do it take a look at this page which shows how they made an election video.
I have started my sons, Kyle and Del, blogging. I have started this ancillary blog to share with other parents/teachers the educational framework that supports their investigations and writing processes. This blog contains a narrative accompaniment to Kyle Reports and Del Reports, but will also provide practical teaching materials, guidelines and research.
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