Robert Rose: The Self-Sustaining Classroom

Arrange your class in a manner that supports all and expects them to develop a workplan. Read Rose's blog to see how he describes such an atmosphere.

Robert Rose: The Self-Sustaining Classroom: "Chris Biffle's 'Power Teaching' taught successfully in many schools in many districts. It makes classrooms more safe, fun, and effective and the control method is more persuasive than coercive."

Edublog challenge

If you are looking for our submission to the EduBlog Challenge, we have moved. Our new address is

http://msvrburton.edublogs.org/.

We will be starting late but we will finish on time and with a flourish. Sorry for the inconvenience, but thanks for following us.

Hurry up and wait

COMPUTERS! COMPUTERS? COMPUTERS! COMPUTERS?

I am eager for us to begin using our computers in class. The only drawback is that there are no computers yet. Hmmmm. Good thing I haven't taken hours upon hours upon hours trying to develop lessons and activities for us. I have connected with someone from ?? Germany to work with designing a wiki. I also would like for us to be a part of the Blogging Challenge being offered by EduBlogger but it is kind of difficult to do with no COMPUTERS.

Dont' forget the rules of constructive commenting

Commenting is an important aspect of these blogging assignments. When responding to classmates be sure that your comments are: respectful, thoughtful, related, insightful, elaborative, descriptive and in some way CONTRIBUTE to the point the author was trying to make.

Tell me a story about your life

Story Starters

Select one of the three topics below and respond in paragraph form. Thanks

Special Memories

What celebrations or special events do you remember from your early years?

Sleeping Under the Stars

Do you remember sleeping under the stars, going camping, or other "sleepaway" adventures from your childhood?

Loss

Did you experience any major catastrophe or loss when you were small?

What are some of the highlights of your life so far?

Highlights

Select one of the three topics below and respond in paragraph form. Thanks J

Earliest Influences

What four people had the greatest influence on you during your early years?

First Memory

What is your earliest memory? Describe what was happening, and where and when it took place.

 

Character

What stories from your childhood most best illustrate your character and the person you would become as you grew up?

How often can we blog

How often can we comment on a topic. Weekly? Bi-Weekly?

Welcome to blogging

Welcome WJ family. We have a place to blog. A place to voice opinions, thoughts. and concerns. I chose this site for our blogger page because it is easy to post to. You can easily post something of interest. You login to the system through your gmail account. Look forward to sharing.