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Customer Service - (May 2007)

I enjoyed the Customer Service Video and my favorite portion was "the microsoft funny call." Maybe teachers need to conduct a poll among students after each quarter, since they are afterall providing a service to students. Are students happy with the service(s) being rendered by educators?

It is time to stop providing mediocre service to students and the season has arrived for "total student care." "Would students recommend their teachers/professors/administrators/schools to their families/friends looking for excellent care customer service/education?"

Teachers and Technology

I do agree that it is important for teachers to at least have a basic knowledge of technology in today's world. On a lighter note, I enjoyed Karl Fisch's postings and the responses he received. In order to move educators forward, we should push our politicians (and now is the perfect time to do this) for necessary educational reform, better salaries for teachers and (sorry) then we can think of getting rid of teachers who do no want to advance.

Frankly like my aged parents, I was apprehensive of all the developements at first but I discovered the entire world was about to run off to compudom and leave yours truly behind! So here I am incing a little forward each day, learning something new everyday and riding the waves of technological advancements with a smile on my face! To quote my friend: "teachers did not land on computer planet, computers and the internet landed on older teachers."

Blogs In First Grade

Mrs. Cassidy and her 25 first grade students in Moose Jaw, Canada use blogs: for posting assignments, for teacher entries/activities, for inviting the world into her classroom to help them learn, as a forum for students to write about themselves thus promoting writing skills, to showcase pictures of students at school or at home with their family and she encourages parents to write to her class through the "yackpack." This creative bunch can be found at:

http://classblogmeister.com/blog

Blogs In Classrooms

Mrs. Boyd and her 23 students at Nelson Central in New Zealand use blogs: for developing writing skills, for introducing technology to young children, to encourage children to read when other students post their blogs, and for establishing a forum where students can express their views in a learning environment. The students at Room 9 can be seen at:

http://room9nelsoncentral.blogspot.com

Mrs. E's Classroom Blog

At Century Elementary School in Nixa, MO, Mrs. Elliott and her students use blogs for the following: for powerpoint presentations, to create an innovative study island for teaching history, economics, math, language arts and geography. Mrs. Elliott has included a parents help plus handbook page showing, supply lists, spelling lists, reading goals and class news. Her students communicate with her through blogs each week. Here's a link to Mrs. E's site:

http://teachers.emints.org/FY06/elliott

Mrs. K's Classroom Blog

Mrs. Kreul's and her Fourth Grade Class at Richards Elementary School in Whitefish Bay, WI use blogs for the following: for posting homework including long/short term assignments, for book reviews with her students, curriculum highlights and important dates to remember, for technology updates plus links to fun web sites, her students use blogs for developing writing skills and she maintains a refreshing photo album for her classroom showing all the children and their awards.

Here's a link to Mrs. K's site and a picture of her classroom:

http://marykreul.teacherhosting.com/