PJA+Wikis+and+Blogs

=PJA Wikis and Blogs=

Here is a quicklist of current wikispaces and blogs at PJA:

**BLOGS**
Our 8th graders blogged from Israel for the first time this year. We sent the students to Israel with an iPad to keep a photo journal of their experiences and reflections. @http://pja2israel.edublogs.org
 * PJA2Israel: Blog of 8th graders on their 2012 trip**

Our school principal started her own blog this school year to share school happenings, insights and reflections. @http://pjaproud.org/page.cfm?p=1416
 * Merrill’s Musings: Principal’s Blog**

This blog focuses on tech tools appropriate for the classroom, and Sarah also features teachers at PJA. @http://techbabble.edublogs.org/
 * Techbabble, Chewing on Some Bytes: Sarah Blattner’s blog**

Celinda is a trailblazer at PJA, being one of the first teachers to embed video and sound files from her classroom. Her blog serves as a school to home link and as a place to showcase students’ accomplishments. @http://www.pjakindergarten108.edublogs.org
 * Celinda Llanez’s Kindergarten Blog**

This is 1st grade teacher, Debbie Paynter’s blog. Debbie focuses on sharing stories, videos and photos from the classroom as a school to home link. @http://www.portlandjewishacademy.org/page.cfm?p=1121
 * Chirps From Cricket’s Corner, 1st Grade Blog**

Ms. Ramirez is a trailblazer, experimenting with a variety of tools that can be embedded in her blog space. She uses this space as a communication link between home and school, and she often showcases examples of student work. @http://sightsandsoundsofsecondgrade.wordpress.com/
 * Grade 2, Susan Ramirez’s Class Blog**

Helene's new blog! http://www.portlandjewishacademy.org/page.cfm?p=1735#.UIg-yuzSyDk
 * Grade 2, Helene Cuomos' Class Blog**


 * Grade 3, Rand's Class:**

New to the web this year, Jim is using his blog as the hub for digital learning in grade 4. Stay tuned for student blogging in the future! @http://pja4th.edublogs.org
 * Jim Juntunen's Grade 4 Class Blog**

Harriet is also launching her blog for the first time this year, experimenting with an authentic audience for her own classroom news, as well as for her students. @http://pja5.edublogs.org
 * Harriet Wingard's Grade 5 Class Blog**

8th graders keep reflective blogs about their Capstone experiences and research process. All the blogs are linked to the teachers’ main blog. @http://pjacapstone.edublogs.org
 * 8th Grade Capstone Home Blog**

**WIKIS**
This is the first year this space is online. Sarah keeps an updated collection of educational resources and web-based tools, as well as an area for teachers to get help using the school web site tool, FinalSite. http://k8jtechlearn.wikispaces.com/
 * K8JTechLearn: Faculty wiki, created and led by Sarah Blattner**

Elana uses the 6th grade wiki as a space where students can access daily happenings in class, homework assignments and publish their work. Elana experiments with a variety of digital tools for project-based learning, such as Pixton comic strips and Blabberize for “talking primates”, which can all be found in her Student Gallery. http://pjahumanities6.wikispaces.com
 * Elana Cohn-Rozansky’s Grade 6 Wiki:**

Students in grades 6 learn about digital citizenship and media literacy through this quarter-long course. This is a password protected, private space, which requires a login username and membership to the space. @https://canvas.instructure.com/login
 * PJA Middle School Tech Class**

This wikispace is led by Rabbi Chaiton. Teachers are using this space for curriculum mapping and sharing ideas. http://pja-js.wikispaces.com/
 * Jewish Studies Teacher Wiki**

8th graders participate in a Capstone project, where they engage in hands-on community service and write a research paper related to their work. http://pjacapstoneproject.wikispaces.com
 * 8th Grade Capstone Wiki**

https://pjahumanities8.wikispaces.com/
 * 8th Grade Wiki, Humanities**

A wiki focusing on the unit Destinos--under construction! http://www.quierohablar.wikispaces.com
 * Middle School Spanish**