Tutorial on Gaggle

Tutorial

Above you will find our tutorial on gaggle.net. Enjoy!

Not so delicious: Social Bookmarking

I worked for 3 hours last night on the delicious bookmarks. I entered tons of links, but the links wouldn't connect to my already made tags. I'm going to have to have a counseling session with Dr. K. when we get to class on Monday. I need help!

WEBQUEST

Here is my Webquest of the Biltmore House! Enjoy!

See my worksheet students can use while navigating!

See my answer key for the Webquest.

E:BOOK: Meet Our Teachers!

Ms. Hicks and I have worked on this E-Book for the past two weeks. We hoped to have something to show the students that would help them to identify with some of their teachers. The title of our E-book is: Welcome to Rutherford College. Questions such as, "Which teacher has tap danced since age 3?" are included to help the students get to know their teachers better. Enjoy! Our biggest struggle was formating all the action buttons. We can't wait to hear what everyone has to say about it!!!

Student notes on gaggle

-you are my favorit teacher


-Hi Mrs.Harmon I like writing in this school.
love chung
u r a cool teacher

-You are a vere nice teacher

-Thank you for helping me Miss.Harmon

-Thanks for all the notes.I really like doing this don't you.

Filtering Gaggle

Just as everything was going so good, of course something had to go bad.

I had forgotten about the branches of gaggle. (Chat room, Blog) I got a blocked message the next day from gaggle saying 2 boys had typed inappropriate content. My heart sank and I felt like I wanted to wipe the account away due to this.

When I investigated the blocked messages the gaggle team sent back to me, they were not inappropriate. Thankfully, it did make me feel better to know gaggle is watching every move these kids make. I went back and blocked the chat and blog opportunities (for now) until my kids are able to understand email. I also realized in this process that they could email outside of the class, which made me nervous. I found in the settings where I could block outside email as well. I know this is being strict, but I just want to keep the kids safe.