Blog Post #11

Farther.... Nay, Much Farther Than Any Eye Can See

For over 10 years now Mrs. Kathy Cassidy has been using networking media as a tool in her First Grade classroom.  At that time the only facet she was utilizing was her class blog.  This manifestation grew as the time progressed as she even had to replace her original blog with a blog usable today!  This blog allows Mrs. Cassidy to share the work of her students with the parents, her peers, and even the rest of the world.  For instance, a post from three weeks ago includes a Skype conversation her class had with another class fro B.C. about the custom of Halloween (that sounds like fun).  She also posts videos, projects, readings, and almost anything they do in the classroom to the blog and  a Youtube channel .  In the video, Little Kids.. Big Potential, Kathy uses the classroom to describe those activities they would complete throughout Grade one.  She embraces technology in the classroom by not making students "power down" when they arrive int he classroom, as she states in her interview with Dr. John Strange.  Embraced by her students, their parents, and the administration she has developed a myriad of technological learning experiences for her students.    Giving these little kids the potential to go farther and do more than other children in the traditional classroom.

                                                                                                     Picture courtesy of Cassidy's blog