Welcome to my Blog
They finally did it. My Principal, Ms. Johnson and our Media Specialist, Dr. Coleman have gotten me to blog!!! I resisted having my own blog for so long, as they pulled me through Twitter, skype, digital cameras/ video equipment, United Streaming, and countless other technology tools. But the time has come. I will be going on an adventure in March, 2008 and this Blog is part of a much bigger plan to bring the experience into classrooms. I am not certain as I write this what kinds of tools we will use, but my idea is to have anyone who wants to be part of my trip, to be able to participate. The adventure is to Masaya Volcano in Nicaragua with Earthwatch Institute. (Earthwatch.org) I intend to build (over the next few weeks) a network of anyone who wants to join me – teachers, students, curious learners… I will also be announcing on this blog, which other Internet tools I plan on using, so that you can hopefully see me and converse while I am at the site of the volcano.
January 7, 2008 @ 11:48 am
Congratulations, Holly, both on starting up your blog and on this fantastic opportunity you have to bring the real world into your geography classroom for our students – you worked hard on that grant, and you and our students deserve this great opportunity.
There are many who’ll be interested in what you have to share, as I know you’re looking to make connections not only to geography, but to biology, communications, and more. I hope that other educators will be able to provide lots of suggestions for how you can capture this amazing experience as a wonderful learning opportunity for students.
I look forward to following your progress, via the blog, before, during, and after the trip. Welcome to the blogosphere!
January 7, 2008 @ 11:58 am
Welcome aboard! I’ll be passing details of your blog on to the geography department in my school… and I’ll be following it myself as I’m fascinated by volcanoes!
Looking forward to hearing from you on your adventure… ;0)
January 7, 2008 @ 1:50 pm
Welcome to blogging!
Your volcano adventure sounds like the chance of a lifetime, for both you and your audience/students.
Wesley Freyer recently shared his experiences at Pearl Harbor via VoiceThread and podcasts.
http://tinyurl.com/2u385j
http://tinyurl.com/3yttra
I would strongly recommend that you take a look at his work and perhaps even contact him in Twitter.
The best features of the edublogosphere are the connectedness and the spirit of collaboration. People will be eager to help you build your project, promote it, and be generous in their praise at your efforts. It’s a wonderful world!
diane
January 7, 2008 @ 2:44 pm
Welcome to the world of blogging – I hope this acts as an important conduit for your trip, but also acts as a life-changing experience as you tap the potential of the read/write technologies for learning!
January 22, 2008 @ 5:03 am
congratulations! good luck on the trip!
January 22, 2008 @ 5:16 am
Hello Ms. Cowburn,
It’s pretty cool that your taking atrip just to climb a volcano. That’s pretty awesome. Hope you have a fun time. Don’t hurt yourself.
Sincerly,
Zack (Spanky) Mahanke
January 22, 2008 @ 8:12 am
hey i hope you have fun on your trip and i will miss you. dont trip on the volcano. and dont get hurt!!
byeeee
ashlee townsend
January 22, 2008 @ 8:17 am
There are things you can do when you’re at the volcano, like take samples, check out the local wildlife, look at how society has grown in Nicaragua, etc. I hope you have a great time, but don’t be there when the volcano erupts (if it does….)
Good Luck!!!!
Sam McCullough =)
January 22, 2008 @ 10:14 am
Mrs. Cowburn i think your really going to like your trip. Please put pictures in the blogs.
January 22, 2008 @ 10:14 am
This sounds soooo cool! I can’t wait to do this in class. Since I have never heard of twitter, or skype, it should be very interesting to learn not only about a volcano and almost feel like you are there, but to learn how twitter or skype work.=)
January 22, 2008 @ 10:14 am
Good luck on your trip and i hope you tell us what its going to be like. i dont know where the volcano is and if there is people there, but i want to know what the place is like. not just the volcano. Dont hurt yourself!
From,
Cameron Whoo
(cameron eames’s Chinese Brother)
February 29, 2008 @ 5:49 am
Hello Holly, I am a nursing teacher at LWIT and am very excited about your trip. I have been the recipient of 2 CCEF grants worth $4000, so l know how you are feeling.
My family and I have traveled twice 2 Costa Rica and have visited many of their volcanoes (some active). I look forward to your blogs and pictures. When we were in Costa Rica, every little town had a cyber cafe.
Have a great adventure.