Mr. Light’s Blog

It is with mixed emotions that I write this.  I have accepted a job as the grade 6 teacher at the Agnes Grey School in West Paris and am offering my resignation from MSAD # 39 after 20 wonderful years teaching in this community.

I want to give my sincere thanks to all of the members of the BHS community for the support and trust you have bestowed upon me during my years in the district.  I have been very fortunate to work with some incredibly talented colleagues over the years.  I have learned much from them.  I also appreciate the support from the school board, parents and community members.  Most of all, I want to thank the students who laughed, cried, learned and grew with me as they traversed their “middle school” years.  I will miss you!  And, Brandon, I’ll be back in June, 2011 to watch you graduate!!

Sincerely,
“Mr. Light”

You must check out this article and the accompanying interactive slide show from the New York Times.  Tell what you think about some of these creatures!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/22/science/22deep.html?_r=1&hp&oref=slogin 

We have tried blogging in my class a few times now. I want to know how it is working for you. What do you think about blogging in class? What are good things about it? Are there any problems? How can we encourage thoughtful discussion?

We came up with some guidelines for commenting on blogs. Here are our ideas:

Blogging Guidelines

1. Be polite!

2. Make sure other people can understand your comment!

Be specific and clear about what you are saying.

If you are answering a question, copy and paste it into your comment so people know what it is.

You can also copy and paste part of someone elses comment into yours if you are talking about it.

If you use someone else’s words, let us know!

3. Don’t repeat other people

4. Stay on topic.

5. If you are giving an opinion (“it’s cool”, etc.), tell why you think that.

6. Ask questions that make people think.

7. Say things that make people think!