Mar 12 2008
A new global blogging class
Hello bloggers around the world!!
I thought I would introduce myself and my grade 6/7 class from Tasmania, Australia. My name is Miss W. (this is what I use on our blogs) and I have only been blogging since January this year. I introduced my new class to blogging when school began in February and many of them are very keen to have their own blogging page - maybe in term 2.
We are in a school in a rural town but only about half an hour from Hobart, the capital city of Tasmania. Many people don’t think Tasmania is a part of Australia, but we were the second state to be settled back in 1803. Like Mrs Mirtschin’s class, we are in a high fire danger area, and in fact, tomorrow the temperature is supposed to get to 34 degrees Celsius so it is total fire ban from midnight tonight over the whole state.
The grade 6 students will be out on the oval at their school running carnival so I hope they all remember to bring their water and to “Slip, slop and slap”. With the grade 7 students back in class, I will have to bring in a fan as our room gets very hot and we don’t have any air conditioning.
We have recently had a smartboard installed in our room and have just finished a series of activities about being internet safe. I used many of the activities and cartoons from Cyberquoll.
I hope some of you will come and visit us on our class blog and join in the activities mentioned there.
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Hola from Spain! We are a homeschooling family that is traveling the world for many years. We travel when the weather is good and we have spent the last two winters in beautiful, sunny Andalusia, Spain.
After Europe, we will go to Africa for a long stay, then South America, but we will eventually get to Australia and Asia. Soon we will go to Morocco, Portugal, Ireland, UK, Scandinavia, Russia, Germany and France. We like to travel slow and have fun along the way and we write about what we learn and do.
“Mozart” is the nickname of our 7year old, she plays the violin & piano as we roam, takes lessons over skype, goes to the local school when we are in our village in Spain, takes flamenco dance & loves to read.
We would love to join you! Everything on our blog and website is kid and family friendly. We do have some teachers, classes & homeschoolers who follow us and learn right along with us.
We are starting to make videos and here is one you might like:
http://au.youtube.com/watch?v=wn9rDTZj-m4
We are part of classroom 2.0 ( & related nings). This is a wonderful site!!
Soultravelers3,
Thank you so much for commenting and I would love to add your blog to our class blogroll. Part of blogging with my students was to open them to the rest of the world and what is out there that is positive and thought provoking. Following you on your journeys sounds fantastic as I also love travelling and have visited many countries whilst doing so.