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About our Blog

Welcome to 2KM’s blog! We are the children from 2KM at Leopold Primary School. Leopold is in Victoria, Australia.

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There are 22 of us in 2KM and our teacher is Kathleen McGeady. We use our blog to share all the great things we are learning and let you know what is happening in our class. If you want her hear more from Miss McGeady, check out her own blog here.

If you want to email Miss McGeady, this is her address…

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What is a blog?

If you are unfamiliar with blogs, they are like online journals. Blogs are websites where administrators (in our case Miss McGeady and 2KM students) can add posts which are displayed in reverse chronological order (that means the newest posts come up at the top of the page). There are panels on the side where you can go to past posts and view recent comments.

You can subscribe to our blog instead of checking all the time. This means you will get an email when there is something new on the blog. Click on the link on the right hand side to do this.

More on Blogs…

Blogs are great because you can share your work with a wide audience. Instead of Miss McGeady just seeing the students’ work, all of the parents and visitors from across the world can view 2KM’s work and leave comments.

Using blogs is also a great way for students to improve their ICT and literacy skills. Blogging provides a fantastic opportunity for students to learn about appropriate online behaviours. One of the most rewarding experiences from blogging is the global connections we have made with classes from around the world!

* Look at the page on the tab up the top “Our Blog Guidelines” to see how this blog is kept secure.

For more information on blogs, this video clip is an excellent, simple explanation of what blogs are all about. Check it out!

20 Comments

  1. By: Mrs. Harding on April 2, 2009 at 2:43 pm      

    Hi,

    I am the principal at Mrs. Yollis’ school. I am very impressed with your blog and happy that you are friends with the students at my school.

    I was reading your veggie and fruit day story and was trying to remember what a capsicum is. I used to live in Australia a long time ago, and I knew that we call that vegetable something different in the U.S. – then I remembered, we call them bell peppers.

    Thanks for having such a great blog. It’s fun to make friends in other countries!
    Mrs. Harding

  2. By: Lachlan on May 1, 2009 at 2:32 pm      

    Hi 2KM,

    Nat & Lachlan love our blog so much.
    what we love the best is the teddy bear project.
    Lachlan’s mum liked our blog to & Nat’s mum like it to.

    love nat & lachlan.

  3. By: lachlan on May 9, 2009 at 2:01 pm      

    hi 2km,

    my mum & dad loves our site.
    they think it is famous how so much people go on our blog.good job on all the work that you have done on our blog miss mcgeady.
    my sister likes our blog to.

    from lachlan.

  4. By: 4dbblog on July 31, 2009 at 2:49 pm      

    We love 2kms blog too Miss McGeady we may need some help to make ours look like this!!!!!

    Mrs Baird and 4db

  5. By: olivia on October 14, 2009 at 5:06 pm      

    dear 2kM
    I love the dinousars in the train
    looking at the dat.
    from olivia.

  6. By: Ruth on October 22, 2009 at 8:05 am      

    Hi Kathleen,

    I saw your blog mentioned on Sue Waters’ Help page for Edublogs & just wanted to tell you how fabulous it is! I love all the interactive activities you are doing with your students & posting to your blog.

    I’m a school librarian in NY and am always on the lookout for new applications for my teachers.

    I hope that you’ve gotten lots of positive feedback from parents and your administration!

    Keep up the great work & I’ll be sure to keep up with your blog.

    all the best,

    Ruth Lorbert
    East Woods School
    Oyster Bay, NY
    rlorbert@eastwoods.org

  7. By: Ms. Letendre on February 11, 2010 at 1:51 pm      

    Hi 2KM!

    My name is Ms. Letendre and I am a grade 3 teacher from Spruce Grove in Alberta, Canada. We have really enjoyed looking at your blog and are excited about your Teddy Bear Exchange project, it looks so exciting! We hope that you blog about your bear’s adventures when they return home!

    If you have some free time please visit our blog at http://sletendre.edublogs.org/. Each of our students has their own page which shares their writing and art work. We love to read comments so please leave us some and we will try to respond! Please remember to tell us that you are from 2KM.

    We hope to hear from you soon!
    Ms. Letendre and the 3L students

  8. By: Kathleen McGeady on February 11, 2010 at 2:44 pm      

    Hi Ms Letendre and 3L,

    Thanks for checking out our blog! I have just been looking at your blog and left a comment.

    I have added your blog to “Blogs we Like” on the right hand side so all the students in 2KM can look at what is happening in your class.

    The teddy bear project was fantastic and we learned a lot about Canada through doing it! Unfortunately the project is over now. We did it with the 2KM class of 2009. Matilda did arrive home safely but took many months to come back!

    From Miss McGeady

  9. By: Claudia Chacona on February 26, 2010 at 11:11 pm      

    I love, love, love your blog! I am taking a graduate course about blogging from Penn State University. We have to add 5 helpful hints of blogging from a professional blogger and I would like to use your blogging guidelines for students. Would this be possible? I teach third grade in Athens, PA and I am just beginning this blogging stuff. You and your class are doing an awesome job!

    Thanks!
    Claudia Chacona

  10. By: Kathleen McGeady on February 27, 2010 at 6:35 am      

    Hi Claudia,
    Thanks for stopping by. I would be happy for you to use our blogging guidelines. Let us know when you get your class blog set up and we’ll stop by and say hi. You might find my own blog useful too. On the right hand side select “blogging” from the drop down category menu and you’ll see I’ve written a few posts with blogging tips etc.
    Hope this helps!
    Kathleen

  11. By: blynch on May 8, 2010 at 10:31 pm      

    Hello Miss McGeady and 2KM,
    My name is Bernadette Lynch. I am a Gr 3/4 teacher at Lara lake PS and a good friend of Mr Brown’s. I started blogging during the holidays and I get lots and lots of insoirations from your wonderful work. Congratulations everyone in 2KM. Your work is fabulous. Stop by http://llpsmiddle.globalstudent.org.au/
    and meet the gang at LLPS.

  12. By: Jake on May 10, 2010 at 9:24 pm      

    Hello everyone at 2KM
    I miss 2KM, but I have made some new friends at Mossfiel Primary in Hoppers Crossing.
    I hope to come visit you one day.
    I will blog often if I can.
    Bye Jake F

  13. By: Kathleen McGeady on May 11, 2010 at 7:50 am      

    @ Jake, thanks for visiting our blog! We’re glad you’re enjoying your new school.
    Hope to see you again soon,
    Miss McGeady and 2KM

  14. By: Liane on May 18, 2010 at 9:24 pm      

    Hi 2KM
    I’ve just had a quick look at your blog and I think it is FANTASTIC!
    I am going to start up a blog with my class and can’t wait to show my students your blog and all the clever ways you share your learning.
    Did you choose the free or pro option when setting up? Do you have any hints for starting up a class blog?
    Mrs. F @ Drysdale Primary School

  15. By: Kathleen McGeady on May 19, 2010 at 8:12 am      

    Hi Mrs F,
    Thanks for visiting our blog. We use Global Student. It is free for Victorian government schools.
    I write a blog for teachers and I’ve done a few articles on blogging tips.
    Just go to my blog http://primarytech.globalteacher.org.au/
    and in the search box on the right hand side, type in “blogging”….then scroll down and you’ll see various posts related to blogging.
    Hope that helps and good luck!
    Kathleen McGeady

    PS Sue Waters’ blog called the Edublogger has been a wealth of information to me. Check it out!

  16. By: Sophie on June 15, 2010 at 7:39 pm      

    Hi 2KM,

    I love this post!
    It’s good for new people who have came to our blog for the first time, or have never seen a blog before to show them how it works.

    I think the idea of our blog is great! Well done Miss McGeady!

    In your blog I love it how you put interesting posts and good questions for the kids and adults [and teachers] to answer.

    I love the blog! Keep it up.

    Keep blogging,
    Sophie ;)

  17. By: Kathleen McGeady on June 15, 2010 at 7:46 pm      

    @ Sophie, thank you!! You know I love blogging too! It is so much fun. Maybe you will have your own blog one day!
    See you tomorrow,
    Miss McGeady

  18. By: Bianca on June 30, 2010 at 12:44 pm      

    Your Blog is amazing Lara Lake Primary school is were I go to but I have to admit your Blog is better than ours!

    Nice to see your Blog
    Bianca.

  19. By: Chris on August 8, 2010 at 11:20 am      

    Hi Kathleen and 2KM
    Love your blog. Read the article about your blogging in the Educ Tech. magazine and then checked out your work on line. Then followed some links to other blogs you like – wow! I have lots of great blogs now to share with the teachers at my school – Strathaird PS, it’s an outer SE suburb of Melbourne.

  20. By: Kathleen McGeady on August 8, 2010 at 4:42 pm      

    Hi Chris,

    Thanks for your comment!

    I’m glad you saw my article in the magazine and took the time to check out our blog. We really love blogging in 2KM and every day we reap the rewards of the work we put in!

    Good luck sharing our blogs and the blogs of our friends with your fellow teachers.

    Kathleen

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