Dear Kaia

I absolutely love the ways that Mr. William Chamberlain uses blogging in his classroom. I looked at his classroom blog as part of my PLN and got some really great ideas from it. I loved it then and I love it even more now after seeing his influence in Kaia's life. Most teachers will give assignments to their class and not put much effort into it; Mr. C, on the other hand, puts effort into his assignments and really cares about what his students learn.

Comments4Kids is one of the weekly assignments that the students in his classroom have to complete. One blog that the students comment on is the blog of a three year old named Kaia. Kaia's father contacted Mr. C via twitter and decided to have a conversation on Skype with Mr. C's class. Since Kaia is only three years old she does not know how to read, so Mr. C's class put together a video of the comments they wrote on her blog. The class and Kaia's father turned just another weekly assignment into a meaningful project, both for the class and Kaia's family. Kaia's father even talks about the event in his blog. Mr. C, I think, seems like he would be a great teacher because he does actually care about what he does! When Kaia's dad asks him for audio or video for Kaia, Mr. C and his class put effort into creating a voicethread for Kaia. Mr. C is the perfect example of a good teacher who makes an impact in the lives of not only the students in his class but in people around the world. He commented on my PLN post this morning and it made me really feel good that he took time out of his day to comment on my blog post that took me such a long time to write.
Kaia is an adorable three year old girl that can really make an impact in people's lives through what her father has told her. She writes in her blog about how she loves to spend time outside, despite living in the desert. Her father took her outside one day to take pictures. I'm surprised at how Kaia's pictures turned out (you never would think that a three year old took them). She has a video of her talking about the pictures on the blog and how something as a whole can look so ugly, but parts of it can be so beautiful. Kaia is an intelligent girl and has a really good perspective of life.