Thing #3: Imagine if you will...

     ...a blog (and Bell Ringer) specifically created by and made for a 10th grade history class. The kids come into the room and takes their seats; look up onto the screen; and see an historical event that took place on that particular day. Their daily journals have been placed on their desks before they arrived, and they are then asked to write a sentence or two of what that event means to them or why it is important in the context of history. The designated person of the day (chosen via alphabetical order from the start of the project) reads their entry out loud and it is later entered into the classroom blog for fellow students, family and friends to see. The journals are turned in and the rest of hour continues.