The Student Blogging Challenge is just around the corner! Time to register our class and student blogs and get ready to meet new bloggers around the world. Now that we have spent a number of months becoming acquainted with the process, we are all set to branch out and build new connections. Ripplers, please visit [...]

February 8th, 2011 is Safer Internet Day. What is that, you ask?  Just like the title suggests, it’s a day set aside to promote Internet awareness with young people. Originally, this event began in Europe, but it has now spread to over 65 countries. It happens at the perfect time for us because it’s about [...]

When the Ripplers first entered the world of blogging last September, our first priority was to learn how to comment and how to navigate successfully throughout the blogosphere. After spending some time getting used to commenting on our new class blog, we ventured out to visit other class blogs that had registered alongside us in [...]

Challenge 5, this week, has been a great reminder of why we credit the images we use on our class and individual blogs and how much we benefit from people licensing their creative work through Creative Commons. Miss Wyatt provided a link to a great video that reinforced what we’ve been learning about this throughout [...]

Today, February 9th, is Safer Internet Day (SID) in Europe, although countries outside of the continent also choose to participate. This is an annual event sponsored by a network of Awareness Centers that helps promote young people’s safe and responsible use of the Internet and mobile devices.  The theme this year is “Think B4 U Post” and they [...]

Our time spent practicing Internet “savviness” and our unwavering attempts to write thoughtful and meaningful comments on blogs around the world have paid off! Our student blogs are emerging. Just like a pilot makes necessary adjustments while  taxiing towards the beginning of the runway, you are fine tuning and adjusting the look and feel of your [...]