Huzzah! Blog

I saw the student blog Huzzah!, actually it’s a class blog, on the Edublogs site last year. I was impressed that students were blogging in such a detailed manner. The class blog is from a group of Grade 6 (10 and 11 year olds) students in the “beautiful Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, British Columbia, Canada.” Each student in the class has their own separate blog on the site and the links to their blogs are easy to find by first name. There are pictures and videos of the students in many of the posts and anyone is free to comment. What I especially liked is that there is a page titled, “Commenting Guidelines” which offers advice and tips written by the bloggers themselves! I love that they these elementary school students are not only blogging themselves, but also advocating responsibility use within the blog itself! This blog is not a standalone project for these students. They are using the blog as an ongoing method of communication and collaboration. It’s really exactly what I would imagine educational blogs should become in a student’s schoolday. Their teacher, Mrs. Wyatt has her own blog which is full of additional information for the students to help them with their blogging skills.