Weeks ago I posted an exciting opportunity for my linear English 10 students but at this point in time we have not made contact with our partners.  I was issued a username and password by the IT department at Karla’s school and I was able to view and read the Minnesota students’ blogs.  So far Karla and I have shared a googledoc with my students’ names and blog addresses.  We are now awaiting username and passwords for all my students.

I had all my students create blogs using blogger and made sure their identities are protected.  I am concerned that Karla’s IT department may not allow her students to view my students’ blogs as we are using blogger and each student has their own blog as opposed to a blog linked to a class account.

My students were very excited to know that we will blog with others but it is taking a very long time to get authorization from the other school’s IT department.  We will continue posting on our own blogs once a week and will start replying to our own classmates’ posts in anticipation of our cross-border experience.