tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-70979596801162871662011-04-21T22:43:00.982-07:00SJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660527625003305605noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097959680116287166.post-13790582673100551682008-08-08T11:08:00.000-07:002008-08-08T11:39:33.139-07:00Dear St. Joan of Arc Parents &amp; Students,<br /><br />A new year will soon begin, with the learning of Scripture, Sacraments, Saints, and Prayer. I am very excited to see my "old" students and see their growth and hear their wisdom. The meeting of "new" students will be an awesome opportunity, too. The Middle School students will be experiencing one-on-one and group learning experiences, community service with our Parish, School, and Community-at-large, Saint-of-the-Month, prayer partners, and more.<br /><br />I would love to have you join us in the classroom at any time. Please feel free to contact me if you should have further questions.<br /><br />God's blessings,<br />Mary Anne Schaefer<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7097959680116287166-1379058267310055168?l=sja-eclass-religion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Religionhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18322410229192041815noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7097959680116287166.post-76751271573890554392008-08-07T19:12:00.001-07:002008-08-07T19:12:39.841-07:00<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(0, 0, 153);">Your eClassroom is a new tool to enhance the educational experience for you, your students and their families</span><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">An eClassroom is Essentially a Blog</span><br />Perhaps one of the most fascinating tools that has emerged from the Internet cloud in recent years is the Blog. A shortening of the term Web log, the Blog is an online publishing tool that enables people to easily publish their loves, passions, dislikes, peeves, discoveries, and insights.<br /><br />Blogging is also showing up in schools, where teachers have known for a long time that students develop better communication skills when they are authentically communicating. A number of educators are helping their students developing their writing skills by having them publish their work as blogs, and then invite comments from people in the outside.<br /><br />There are many freely available tools that facilitate blogging, but none seem especially suited for the classroom. That is the reason for developing the eClassroom for SJA. This online blogging tool is explicitly designed with teachers and students in mind, where the teacher can evaluate, comment on, and finally publish students' blog articles in a controlled environment. It is and will be constantly in development. We need your input to refine the look, content, layout of the eClassroom.<br /><br />There are many options available to teachers who utilize web journals (blogs) to enhance the learning experience. Teaching in a participatory culture can be challenging, but rewarding. <span style="font-weight: bold;">Today, teachers have to learn to communicate in the language and style of their students—who some call digital natives (inhabitants of the Web 2.0 world).</span><br /><br />Assignments, etc.<br />For students in grades 4—8, the eClassroom will be the source point for classroom activites, supplemental learning resources, assignments, long-tern projects, links to relevant sites, field trips, etc. How you integrate your eClassroom may vary from other teachers, but understand that with regular use, this tool will become a vital part of your curriculum and teaching style.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7097959680116287166-7675127157389055439?l=sja-eclass-religion.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>SJAhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01660527625003305605noreply@blogger.com0