Mrs. Yollis has a very impressive class blog, Mrs. Yollis Class Blog , for her students and others around the world to be a part. She has a part of the blog Meet Mrs. Yollis where you can learn a lot about the person behind this masterpiece of a blog. She loves to travel and she visited Hawaii. Mrs. Yollis posted videos and pictures of her snorkeling with turtles in Hawaii and the videos had facts about turtles so her class can learn. She prides herself on being a continuous learner and incorporating what she has learned into the classroom. She went to the Google
Geo Teachers Institute and she learned how to use Google Earth, Google Maps, and Google Sketchup. She had gotten a National Geographic Traveling Map and used this to teach her kids about Asia. Her class posted a video of the students teaching the various facts about Asia; this is the link to the video Mrs. Yollis's Class Visits Asia . Her class also visited North America and this is the video for it Visit to North America . Her incorporating her students in the class blog is a wonderful way to keep the students engaged in the classroom. But this is not the only way she gets them involved. She has a section on how to comment on her class blog. Mrs. Yollis posts a video on the way to leave comments because she enjoys the comments she receives from people around the world, How to leave a comment . Then she leaves a link on leaving a quality comment. Mrs. Yollis gives tips on how to put a quality comment together and she also uses her students. In a video the students tells the viewer how to leave a quality comment. This is a great way to teach her students how to leave a quality comment because they are giving instructions.
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.She also uses her students in How to shoot great digital images . In this part of the class blog the students teach how to capture the best photos. The students give tips that are very informing for others to maximize the quality of their digital photos.Mrs. Yollis class is popular globally because of her class blog. Her class visits Leopold Primary School in Australia and the two have become close friends. They skype each other and visit each other's blog. Here is a video of the students from Leopold Primary School singing Happy Birthday to Sarah in Mrs. Yollis's Class . Her class has thousands of followers around the world and you can see it on the ClustrMap for her class Mrs. Yollis ClustrMap . Mrs. Yollis Class Blog has won multiple awards in the EduBlog Awards like First Runner Up for Best Class Blog in 2010, Winner for Lifetime Achievement, and 2009 First Runner Up for Best Class Blog. Great Job Mrs. Yollis and students!
Erwin,
ReplyDeleteYou did a great job of describing Mrs. Yollis' Class Blog. I have never seen a classroom blog like that....no wonder she has won so many awards. I actually felt like I was looking at a professional website for a business or company! She definitely gives all of us a great example of how to integrate technology into the classroom.
Mrs. Yollis seems to have very high standards for her third graders. She reminds me of a fifth grade teacher I once knew. She had very high standards for her fifth grade class and, for some strange reason, the class always seemed to meet up to what she expected of them. She believed in them....so they believed in themselves. She had a kind and loving way of making each one of her students bring out the very best of themselves.
I love your philosophy on why you are becoming a teacher and what you plan to do with education! You sound like a great person who really wants to make a difference...Just like Mrs. Yollis!