I am doing a lesson on forums, wikis, and blogs for my 8th grade students and need to show them an example of a forum, Doh, I pick this one because I know it so well.

 

"Then I hear myself say, topics are aranged in order of the most recent to the oldest. You see here that justBLAZE replied three minutes ago."

 

"Sir, what does justBlaze mean?"

 

avoiding the answer "these are pseudonyms, or made up names, you would have to ask him"

 

"Sir, I know!"

 

moving on . . .

 

"Wait, what does 'I am drunk in 2013' mean?" oops

 

Of course I also forgot to turn off avatars and sigs

 

 

 

I am doing a lesson on forums, wikis, and blogs for my 8th grade students and need to show them an example of a forum, Doh, I pick this one because I know it so well.

 

"Then I hear myself say, topics are aranged in order of the most recent to the oldest. You see here that justBLAZE replied three minutes ago."

 

"Sir, what does justBlaze mean?"

 

avoiding the answer "these are pseudonyms, or made up names, you would have to ask him"

 

"Sir, I know!"

 

moving on . . .

 

"Wait, what does 'I am drunk in 2013' mean?" oops

 

Of course I also forgot to turn off avatars and sigs

You're a great and a horrible teacher.

You should have showed them some of the stupid f***ing posts with all the f***ing profanity

We discusssed swear filters.

 

I am focusing on blogs. They will be following one of their choice and writing one. My problem is finding a blog site that is free, accessable (damn firewall), and portable. I don't want them to lose access after the course ends. If I use my course Moodle, outsiders can not read and I want them to share with the rest of the world.

Make them follow me. Ill teach them whats what.

 

Of all the stupid ideas in the world, this is brilliant.

 

Show them the 'Buster

Of course we went to the buster lol.

Another class, ''what does SLaM stand for?''Idk

Why is that guy throwing a chair?Idk

Wait, wait what was that pic of the girl? Idk

Bad idea.

Of course we went to the buster lol.

Another class, ''what does SLaM stand for?''Idk

Why is that guy throwing a chair?Idk

Wait, wait what was that pic of the girl? Idk

Man that southsider guy is a genius!

 

Where's the "ahem" thread when you need it. Good lessons there.

Suddenly wishing I still had the Tebow avatar up...

 

 

Yeah, SS, my "slow" class said that

Of course we went to the buster lol.

Another class, ''what does SLaM stand for?''Idk

Why is that guy throwing a chair?Idk

Wait, wait what was that pic of the girl? Idk

Bad idea.

"Professor Tex, why do all those goofy Internet people actually think the Royals will be good at baseball?"

Of all the stupid ideas in the world, this is brilliant.

 

 

Yeah, it's genius!

 

Followed closely by, having introduced his entire class to this forum, starting a thread on the subject so that any residual lurkers will know exactly which guy their teacher is.

 

Love it!

I wonder if any of the kids will get curious and sign up.

I wonder if any of the kids will get curious and sign up.

 

As a general policy, because of previous history, we automatically ban any IPs from the state of Texas.

As a general policy, because of previous history, we automatically ban any IPs from the state of Texas.

Damn Kap

Suddenly wishing I still had the Tebow avatar up...

 

haha

I should have them start posting on some forum, instead they will be blogging at kidblog.org. Easy way to get them to read and write. For the boys I just start some Kobe v. Labron argument. Of course I have to tell them about a guy that played before they were born, Michael Jeffrey Jordan.