Welcome to my 2nd Grade Blog.  Here, I will post important information about upcoming events in the classroom.  You will have access to this blog 24/7.  It works similar to an Email, expect it is public.  Anything you post will be visible to all who read this.  If you have any questions or comments you can leave them here for others to see.  Feel free to still contact me privately at emily.hovest@gmail.com if you wish.  (I'll be honest:  I'm a technology nerd!  I think it has an educational value to students and the possibilities are endless when utilized in education.)  I discovered Blogs, as well as many other web tools, while working on my Master's Degree.  My course of study is actually Integrating Technology into the Classroom.  I have a lot of ideas that I think the students will love, especially because it utilizes computers.  I have found that when you use tools the students are interested in, their interest in the topic increases.  Learning needs to be hands-on, not reading from a textbook day after day.

For those who are unfamiliar with a Blog I will explain it.  A blog is short for a weblog. They are easily created and updateable web sites that allow an author to publish instantly to the Internet from any Internet connection.  You can even subscribe to this blog, meaning that you will receive an email notification every time something changes, such as I add information, or someone leaves a comment.  

In order to comment or post on this blog, all you need to do is fill out the comment box located on the bottom of the page and follow the steps.

I hope you find this blog helpful as well as a way in which you can communicate with each other in an easy manner from the comfort of your own home, maybe even in your pajamas.