Maranacook Area Schools is getting into Blogging!
What is a Blog, you ask? A blog is basically a journal that is available on the web. It is called a WeBlog or Blog for short. The activity of updating a blog is "blogging" and someone who keeps a blog is a "blogger." A group of teachers spent a half day last month learning about the education uses of the WeBlog and now we are off and running.
Rich Abramson, Superintendent of Schools has a blog looking for traits that one might want in a principal at the high school level...join in the discussion! Go to:
There is a community Book Blog about: The World is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman...join in the discussion! Go to:
Visit the Maranacook Community Schools Technology Integration blog moderated by Nate Savage, Technology Integration Specialist. To participate go to:
Bunkie Wilson from the MCS Media Center has a group of Maranacook Area Schools faculty that are participating in a Book Blog. Each week, starting in May, the bloggers will react to a new question and share their insight into the novel. They are reading "Lobster Chronicles", by Linda Greenlaw and will be discussing it by blogging. To follow along visit:
Jan Kolenda, District Technology Coordinator, is moderating the German American Partnership Program 2005 WeBlog which will follow the travels of our Maranacook Students in Germany. This format of communication allows for all parents to post a blog to keep each other updated on the trip. We are hoping to have some Maranacook German students that are not on the trip to be actively involved too! Community members might like to follow the adventure and add some advice of sites not to be missed.
To join in, visit:
Diane MacGregor, Technology Integration Specialist K-8 has started a Blog around the topic of Web Bullying. She has her iTeam, a group of middle school students that assist with the laptop project, participating in this interesting topic. They are reading and discussing the article, The Web: The Bully's New Playground (People; 3/14/2005, Vol. 63, Issue 10, p152). They will be joined by Michael Webber, from the State of Maine, Attorney General's Office, to ask him questions about this topic.
To follow along visit:
We are hoping to soon add a community Blog where we can discuss current district or national educational issues. If you have ideas for a topic you would like to discuss, please contact Jan Kolenda at jan@maranacook.org.
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