Cross posted on Always Learning
Three of our wonderful grade 5 classrooms (Chrissy, Robin and Ali) have been collaborating all year on a Reader’s and Writer’s workshop project with 4 other schools around the world.
We initially made the connection because we were looking for a meaningful, year-long, collaboration based on our curricular focus for the year [...]

I love the middle school that I work in because we have both elective classes AND a decent advisory program. Both give kids the opportunity to connect with adult mentors, which builds trust. My elective kids this quarter knew nothing about podcasting. The technology is not what scared them in the beginning… [...]