Ms. Kathy Cassidy is the subject for the next few weeks. She has integrated a blog for her grade one students. In this blog, they post some of their assignments that will be recalled in the future. Instead of a parent-teacher conference, there is a student-teacher-parent conference in which the child recalls 3 of their best assignments. The student uses the whiteboard to discuss to their parents what they have accomplished and the focus is on what they have learned and a goal that they will set for upcoming projects. This is a great project to allow parents to see what their child has done and has set a level by which the parents can go by to get more out of their work. It gives each child a tremendous amount of confidence to present something out loud. This is a great example of what I would like to do and she has certainly inspired me today.
In the second post that I have commented on, Kathy is involved in a huge teaching project that will help students between grades one and ten. It was tough for her and others to come up with a project that would be relevant for all grades involved. They decided that they would use video as a way for students to self-reflect upon their work. This experiment included many other teachers and different schools and I have highly commended her for her work. She is inspiring many as she spends a lot of free time doing things for others. If you have a minute or two you can read her blog and see the amazing things that she is doing to raise the academic level of many. I will post her blog to mine so that you can easily click on the tab below.
Kathy's Blog
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