The purpose of this blog is to provide educators with examples of excellent blogging practices by teachers from NEISD. These examples can be found, along with a brief description, in the post feed section of the blog. Not all featured educators use Edublogs as their blogging platform. You will find examples of Wikispaces, Weebly, and […]
4th Grade Reader’s Response Template
Did you know you can request a copy of someone else’s blog? Or you can request a district created template. Click here to view the 4th Grade Reader’s Response Template. The purpose of this blog is for students to share what they are reading, retell stories in a creative way, respond to peers, and practice […]
Sara Romine @ Woodstone
Sara Romine, librarian at Woodstone Elementary, keeps her campus up to date on all tech related activities and provides them with the best ways to utilize new technology tools. She is a librarian ninja when it comes to integrating iPads into her lessons and is now providing students with digital communication skills via Twitter and […]
Christi Hirst @ Bush Middle School
Christi Hirst, Librarian at Bush Middle School, uses her blog as a place for students to talk about books, share ideas, and get suggestions for what to read next. Students choose a genre from the navigation menu at the top and are able to publish posts and comment on each others’ reviews. This is an excellent […]
Jodi Harris @ Bush Middle School
Jodi Harris, Reading teacher at Bush Middle School, has taken her blog to the next level. She explains it best on her blog home page: This blog will serve to exhibit the best and brightest posts from my student’s personal blogs. I am starting this project to allow students to have their own voice when […]
Ashley Watson @ Reagan High School
Mrs. Watson, ASL teacher at Reagan High School, has a beautiful blog that utilizes a static front page. This is a great option if you don’t plan on using the blog feature on a regular basis. If you click on the 3 lines in the upper left corner, it takes you to her other pages […]
Dawn Wales @ Churchill High School
Dawn Wales, Food Science teacher at Churchill High School, blogs about the synergy of Chemistry and the art of cooking. Who know Science could be so delicious? Mrs. Wales not only documents student learning, but provides easy online access to all of her digital resources including agendas and assessment tools. Check out the wonderful experiments […]
April Gastinger @ Bradley Middle School
April Gastinger’s students at Bradley Middle School provide the campus with a constant stream of student created book reviews with their blog, The Bradley Book Review. The students utilize Google Docs to submit their book reviews prior to publishing on the blog, then use the comments feature to provide feedback. Mrs. Gastinger even takes it […]
Teresa Brown @ Tech Services
NEISD Instructional Technology Specialist, Teresa Brown, uses her blog to share weekly tech tips with her campuses. She also utilizes her sidebar widgets for additional information that teachers would need access to on a regular basis. Providing an embedded Google calendar allows her campuses to know where she will be on any given day. Teresa […]
Jennifer Avitia @ Driscoll Middle School
Jennifer Avitia, 6th Grade English teacher at Driscoll Middle School, uses her blog for flipped classroom instruction. Mrs. Avitia’s Writing Cafe has an adorable restaurant theme sure to make any 6th grader hungry for new knowledge. Her Delicious Bites section even includes video lessons from her soon-to-be-famous daughter, making 21st century digital learning a true family […]