Allannah+King



__**Description**__: I use blogging in my classroom in a variety of ways. I first started blogging as a way of sharing our learning with our community and showcasing some of our activities in the classroom. From there it grew as more children became conversant with the technology. I encourage our readership to make comments about our posting so as to promote feedback. From there our blog became a resource centre and repository for our web links- links to other blogging classes, links to maths reinforcement games, links to our other web sites (wiki, podcast, video, child blogs etc). http://moturoa.blogspot.com/ Lastly we have recently begun using Blogmeister as more of a self reflective journal where children can record their thoughts from school or home. [|http://classblogmeister.com /blog.php?blogger_id=70735] With podcasting, we have been learning how to craft our speaking skills and communicate with classes in far off lands using Skype. http://allanah.podomatic.com/
 * __Name__**: Allanah King
 * __Website__:** http://allanahk.edublogs.org/
 * __Educational Institution__:** Appleby Primary School, Nelson, New Zealand
 * __Teaching Environment__:** Year Four and Five, 8-10 year olds
 * __Web 2.0 Focus__:** Blogging and podcasting
 * __Teaching and Learning__:** Through blogging and podcasting we have become creators and contributors to content on the internet, communicating and collaborating with children in other hemispheres and time zones.
 * __Preferred Applications__:** For blogging we use Blogger and for podcasting we use Podomatic
 * __Mentor(s) and Hero(es)__:** Mark Treadwell NZ, Sheryl Nussbaum-Beach, David Warlick, Miguel Guhlin
 * __Favorite Web 2.0 Applications Right Now__:** [|www.voicethread.com] http://myskitch.com/ [|www.skype.com]