Mrs. Yollis is the type of teacher that we, as future teachers, hope to become. Not only do she teach her students by using technology but she also involves their family members, classrooms from all around the world, and others who are interested. Her entire focus is on her students, something we need to see in more teachers.
After exploring Mrs. Yollis' classroom blog, I notice that Mrs. Yollis has a lot of links that she encourages her students and other visitors to look and learn from. You can tell that she took time putting together her class blog and updating it on a daily bases.
I read her Meet Mrs. Yollis page and learned that she has been teaching for 25 years. She recently received a masters degree in “Integrating Technology in the Classroom.” Travel is one her and her husband's past time. Their favorite vacation spots are: Hawaii, Montana, Alaska, Belize, the Arctic Circle, and San Diego.
The video How to Comment was a video made by her students. The video included five tips on commenting. Those tips were: compliment, add new information, make a connection, end with a question, and proofread.
I also enjoyed How to Shoot Great Digital Images. It's a video of her students teaching how to take great pictures. Some tips include inhale, exhale, then snap the shutter button.
In the sidebar of Mrs. Yollis’ blog page contains items such as a cluster map. Her blog had 75,589 visitors between January 7, 2010 and November 13, 2011. Where as for EDM 310 only had 51,262 visitors between January 9, 2010 and November 13, 2011. The sidebar also contains awards that her blog has won. Such as Edublog, including first runner-up in 2009 and 2010, a lifetime achievement award in 2010, and also the best overall for elementary in 2009 from Digital Voice Awards.
Will you follow in Mrs. Yollis' footsteps and be a blogging teacher? We hope so!
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ReplyDeleteI enjoyed your blog Mrs. Yollis is a good role model for future teachers. I loved the tabs on her blog. I like how she get her students involved. Its crazy how her numbers double ours. I hope one day my class will have a successful blog like hers. Keep up the great work!
Hello Raven. I am Mary LaCoste, a fellow classmate taking EDM 310. I have to agree with you about Mrs. Yollis's classroom blog and web page. She is absolutely phenomenal. I liked how you put it, "Mrs. Yollis is the type of teacher that we, as future teachers, hope to become." I am already a teacher, but I aspire to do the same great things Mrs. Yollis is doing with her students. It is really great to see. Thanks for you post.
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