Mr. Yeatts / Social Studies / Kaiser High School

Sunday, June 17, 2012

Welcome!

Aloha and welcome! This page is for students of Mr. Yeatts attending the courses History of the Americas, World History, & Modern Hawai`ian History. The purpose of this blog is to provide students with an opportunity to engage in collaboration, further discussion, and most importantly, classroom unity as we navigate our way through these courses.

About this blog:

Welcome! This page is for students of Mr. Yeatts at Kaiser High School, Social Studies courses. The purpose of this blog is to provide students with an opportunity to engage in collaboration, further discussion, and most importantly, classroom unity.

What is a blog?

A blog (sometimes referred to as a weblog) is a Web publishing tool that allows authors to quickly and easily self-publish text, artwork, links to other blogs or Web sites, and a whole array of other content.

Blogs are set-up like conventional Web sites, with navigation links, and other standard Web site features. Blogs have one standard characteristic, however: the posting. Blog postings are text entries, similar to a diary or journal, which include a posting date and may include comments by people other than the author, photos, links, or other digital media.

Educational Benefits of Blogs

In addition to providing teachers with an excellent tool for communicating with students, there are numerous educational benefits of blogs. Blogs are:

Highly motivating to students, especially those who otherwise might not become participants in classrooms.
Excellent opportunities for students to read and write.
Effective forums for collaboration and discussion.
Powerful tools to enable mentoring to occur.
Students will earn points towards their cumulative grade by participating in this blog.

Using the Blog in the Classroom

As an educational tool, blogs may be integrated in a multi-faceted manner to accommodate all learners. Blogs can serve at least four basic functions.

Classroom Unity:
Class blogs can serve as a portal to foster a community of learners. As they are easy to create and update efficiently, they can be used to inform students of class requirements, post handouts, notices, and homework assignments, or act as a question and answer board.
Collaboration:
Blogs provide a space where teachers and students can work to further develop writing or other skills with the advantage of an instant audience. I will offer instructional tips, and students can practice and benefit from peer review. Students can also participate in cooperative learning activities that require them to relay research findings, ideas, or suggestions.
Discussions
This class blog opens the opportunity for students to discuss topics outside of the classroom. With a blog, every person has an equal opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions. Students will be able to have time to be reactive to one another and reflective.

*YOU MUST CONSIDER the tones of your words and actions while participating in this blog. Be prepared to suffer the consequences if you choice to have a lack of respect for yourself and fellow classmates.

*YOU MUST CONSIDER your language. There is no tolerance for foul language and every student is to write in proper English while using complete sentences and correct grammar.

-Mr. Yeatts

Mr. Yeatts / Social Studies / Kaiser High School

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Sunday, June 17, 2012

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