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Comments about the 180 days? From the Fiscbowl

What a conversation starter! I chose to comment from the Fischbowl about the 180 days of school Post. I do believe children spend a lot of time in school when it is sometimes unnecessary. My son who is in kindergarten starts his day at school when the bell rings and school takes in at 7:30 a.m. and school lets out at 2:45 p.m. and by the time I wait in the line to pick him up we leave the school at 2:55 p.m. I was just telling someone that my son is five and he almost has the schedule of a shift worker, 7 to 3. There is also one half hour in his day where there is nap time.

So there is the issue with how the hours in the day are used and the days of the school year. I definitely feel there should be a way to modify the schedules in school K-12 where at least the days would be shortened for them. Time management is definitely an issue and always has been. Doing something the same way just because it has been that way doesn't mean it is what is best.

Comments About Karl Fisch September Blog

I read the September 2007 Blog by Karl Fisch and was amazed that so many teachers are so technolgically illiterate. I have always been told that your not a leader unless someone is following. How can one teach effectively and be a leader in today's technoligically advanced society if they can not even operate a computer? I realize there are ways around it, however this doesn't mean that its what is best.

I have children that are two and five years of age who already know how to play games on the computer, etc. There is something wrong with the picture when a five year old knows more about a computer than a teacher. My opinion is that if you choose to go into the teaching field it is an everlearning career. As teachers, we should want to advance in personal knowledge, not only for ourselves but for the future of the generation that is coming up.

School Blogs From Other Countries

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I found this school blog, originating from Thailand. The web address is http://www.schoolvideoblogs.com/prathom-6-1/student-video-blog-61-01.html
This is a very informative blog which even goes so far as to show video clips from daily school routines such as PE class, snack time,lessons, band, and you name it. The Blog even has student's blog with videos introducing the students and what they have learned. This blog was very impressive to me. I have included one picture of some boys from the school above my post.

I also found another interesting blog uniting Scotland and Finland schools, found at http://healthypassportp5.blogspot.com/ It is entitled, "A Healthy Passport P5" A project linking Yester Primary School, in Scotland, with Kuvansin koulu Primary School, in Finland. How interesting for two schools to link through blogging and interacting and communicating one to another.

These two blogs give great ideas for adding videos throughout the days of school so parents can see first hand how things are ordered. Also the concept of communicating with another body of students from a totally different country. How interesting that would be for students and teachers alike. These are definitely ideas I will put to use in my classroom in the future.