Spring Fever, I Think So.

 In response to Spring Fever on Scholastic's blog (http://blogs.scholastic.com/gifted/2009/05/spring-fever.html), I enjoyed that the Jill White talked about the problems that students face at the end of the school year. I understand as a student that the excitement for Spring Break, Summer or graduation starts to grow. Here suggestion to sent up a blog at the end of the year, which she hoped would keep students engaged because it's something different, I really enjoyed. I think the second half of the year is a great time to incorporate new technologies because students are often getting bored. 

In my second grade classroom, the students are now typing up their stories after spending the entire first semester handwriting them. I can see how excited the student’s are when they get to hit the "PRINT" bottom and she their ideas in published format. It seemed as if the students were getting tired of writing and a few were saying that they didn't have any more thoughts to write about, however now the students are excited for writing time. I see them going through the editing process more carefully as well. The use of technology at the end of the semester will help keeps the students excited about what is occurring in the classroom.