Blog Post 1

I reviewed Mrs. Gilbert's 3rd Grade Blog, and Blogmeister, which is a blog for first graders.

I shall first discuss Mrs. Gilbert's blog. The blog's last posting is from June of 2008, and it is a way for the students (the main audience) to keep in touch while they are on summer vacation. The blog's purpose is for students to learn how to blog, and to keep up with various third grade announcements. There are a list of fun learning activities for the student to do on the right side of the blog. (check out the Adaptation: Build A Beast, located under all the student names on the right.) It appears this blog is not currently being used, though last year it was started in October of 2007. It could be the teacher has not introduced her current class to blogging yet, or perhaps she has a separate blog for her new class. This tool is very limited to this specific class, and its potential dies as the students enter a new classroom as they are no longer her third grade class.

Blogmeister is currently used for K-2 graders. This is the teacher's third year maintaining this blog, and it is filled with great pictures of the students and their assignments. Teacher assignments are located on the left. The main audience is likely the teacher, the students, and possibly the parents of the students. Apart from describing and showing pictures of activities done that day, it does not appear the blog is used in concert with the classroom, though I am sure the students are getting a kick out of seeing their pictures on the internet.

Dating

The poll on the left asks whether or not we would ever date outside our own race. I am currently dating a Sri Lankan. We have known each other for 8 years, and we've been dating for 2.5 years. It's a really great relationship, but sometimes we have cultural clashes. For instance, in his culture one is not unmarried at age 30. (He just turned 30 this summer) They also practice arranged marriages. So imagine my shock and dismay when his mom told him to come home and review a list of females she had picked out for him! He was able to "dodge that bullet," and I have met his mom, so I'm hoping for the best.

I hope I am not oversharing. :)