Today I had the wonderful opportunity to join a large group of Scarsdale teachers for a workshop on blogging.  To be honest I was very nervous and unfamiliar with this form of writing.  Throughout the day we learned about how literacy has developed over the years and how digital literacy is very different from traditional literacy.  Digital literacy is the ability to use digital technology to create or analyze information…from tweeting about historical events to blogging about anything that within our curriculum in school. Today I experienced another opportunity to make learning engaging for my students and to help them learn the skills they need. There are so many wonderful examples of teacher and student blogs already in Scarsdale! The posts included photos of field trips, reviews of books read, and even science experiments that were conducted.  The work was inspiring.

I am looking forward to launching blogs with my students and watching the “pages” unfold.

Celeste Aberman