Comments on: A district that gets it!

By: kennedy04

kennedy04 — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 10:48:33 +0000

what an empowering thing that the district is hosting the blogs in house!
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kennedy

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By: Shannon

Shannon — Sat, 29 Mar 2008 11:30:06 +0000

Thank you for clarifying this for me, Cathy. I’m just beginning to learn about blogs and your help was most appreciated.

By: Cathy Nelson

Cathy Nelson — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:25:57 +0000

Shannon i went over to the blog, and appears to allow comments. No registration required. I hope I did not mislead you and make you think the Spartanburg District 5 site is a blogg, as it is not. They simply have allowed teachers to have webspace tht may be used as a blog.

By: Shannon

Shannon — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 00:13:02 +0000

Can anyone post on Spartanburg’s blog, or is it just for the teachers in that county?

By: Bill Gaskins

Bill Gaskins — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 13:17:00 +0000

Cathy— I like learning about good things that are happening in our state. There is hope for us in South Carolina.
Bill

By: Carolyn Foote

Carolyn Foote — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 18:44:27 +0000

Wow. How wonderful that SC encourages this within the standards!! What an excellent model and thanks for sharing!

And also what an empowering thing that the district is hosting the blogs in house!

Kudos are much deserved!

By: Kate Olson

Kate Olson — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 02:27:24 +0000

Cathy -

Thanks so much for sharing this! So often, states or districts do embrace blogging but don’t take the time to include it in the standards or curriculum materials. I really love that South Carolina has done this.

By: Cathy Nelson

Cathy Nelson — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 19:00:36 +0000

So, Stacy, ASK TOM if he has a job for me!!!! LOL Id go in a skinny minute to a progressive school district.

By: ssymborski

ssymborski — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 18:56:44 +0000

Thanks so much for your kind words. We do, indeed, have a progressive technology team. Tom Taylor, our district technology coordinator, not only set this up for our teachers, he also conducted a blogging workshop at our school. This workshop included both the logistics of setting up a blog and how blogs can be utilized in education. What makes me very happy is the fact that Tom recognizes the media specialists in our district as tech admins partners in technology education. Thanks again for the recognition!

By: Tina Steele

Tina Steele — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:56:21 +0000

Hey CathyJo! Great post. It is so encouraging to hear about school districts that are encouraging blogging and better yet hosting it internally. It would be great to hear what their teachers think about it!