Ok, so I had no choice but to attend Kerrie’s session.  That aside, blogging with 1st and 2nd graders is something that interests me.  Kerrie does some interesting things with her students.  Check out her blog here.  She has her students leave comments on her blog as they complete activities.  She embeds video, creates videos with Animoto, and the students create videos that are posted on School Tube and embedded in blog posts.  The students feel ownership of the blog.  They give their ideas of what should be on the blog.  Check the animoto video on the second post. 

 She showed a picture of the kids talking to Rike from Germany during a Skype video conference.

Moodle is another tool for student collaboration.  The students discussed the moodle course on her blog.  Go to the bottom of the page for that post.

She uses the blog for student input.  She also uses it to check student knowledge.  Sharing experiences with students is also important like the Great American race, Moody garden’s trips, etc.  The blog is a great place to save links.  The students are to leave comments to create the conversations.  The conversation is the most powerful part.