I logged on this morning and checked to see if any of my students had posted to our class blog.  I was surprised to see that four students have already posted.  I am hoping this will be something that takes off with a bang.

 Yesterday, I watched a cool video on Teacher Tube.  It is a video introducing a project that a teacher tried with his students called the “Nickname Yourself Project”. I am currently working on this activity with my students.  They share their nicknames tomorrow.  This is a great activity to encourage kids to find new and interesting words as well as use a thesaurus and a dictionary.  Most importantly, though, it is their first opportunity to get to know each other better and present their ideas to the class.

Download Video: Posted by scttwisdom at TeacherTube.com.