Tuesday, September 7, 2010

Two weeks in ...

Now that we have been in class for about 2 weeks I wanted to get your input. 
I know we have had some different schedules and shorter classes, but with the time we have had together, what do you think about our science class so far?
Also, how do you feel about this blog site.  I know many of you have said you have not blogged before and I would like to know if you like it or not?  How do you think we could use this in the most beneficial way?  What would you think are exciting activities we could run through our blog?

Remember to reply to other students' posts and take part in some engaging conversations!

98 comments:

Reis, Elizabeth said...

I think that science seems fun. It is similar to last year in the way of our books and the SEPUP. I like that because I don't like having to get used to something different every year. The activities we've been doing seem neat.
For the blogging, I definitely like it. It's not what I thought it would be, but it seems easy but we can learn all the same. I like to see what my classmates have to say about the same topics. I can't think of any other ways to use it differently, right now already seems great to me.

Dupont, Noah said...

Im liking the shorter classes. From what I can tell I think that we won't be doing as many labs that involve chemicals as much. I can tell that from the subjects. Im liking it so far, though. Science has always been my favorite subject.
I am very comfortable with this blogging site. I don't blog, but I am on the internet alot. Not on Facebook, and those sites. I think that this is an easy way to discuss things, because we can go back and look at them too. Not sure about the activities, though.

kallmeyer, bridget said...

I am liking science so far and it seems fun. The blogging is OK but kind of confusing sometimes. It is interesting to see what other are thinking about and it makes it easy to discuss topics. I do not know of any exciting activties we can run through our blog yet.

Andrew Ehrman said...

So far science is pretty fun. It also seems like it will be challenging which is a plus. The blog so far has been fine but I feel like it will be hard to remember to blog every week. But over all I like blogging. A beneficial way of using a blog could be to discuss lessons that had been done in class. An exiting thing you could do on the blog is post up a home activity blog and have people comment on the post who did the activity at home.

Schirmer,Brandon said...

So far i think you have a good class and i will have a good time learning. I cant wait for new things.

Peters,Jennifer said...

Science is fun so far an dI think it will continue to be for the rest of the year. The blogging we do is new to me but I think that I'm getting used to it and so far it is neat. I don't really have any ideas of fun things we can run through our blog yet.

ReddingtonDavid said...

so far i think that blogging is what made this class fun. i think class is more fun with technology

LaGrangeBonnie said...

I think science is fun and we are going to learn a lot this year. I think science is different and similar to sixth grade science. I like the blogging, I think it's really cool and fun to see what your classmates think about science. I can't think of any other ways to use it differnetly, but if I think of a way to I will post it! :)

Lamping Ally said...

I think so far science class is fun. I cant wait to learn more about space and the planets.
The blogging for me has been good because i can share what i have to say and then i can comment on my friends and classmates post. Its interesting to see what other people have to say.

Taylor's blog spot said...

so far i love science i think i've gotten into it very fast. i also havn't blogged before and i like it its a good way to learn wat othrs have ta say so science and blogging rocks way ta go mrs.hoffman

Schirmer,Brandon said...

david i think that blogging is the funnest thing in this class :)

ReddingtonDavid said...

@ Brandon
So do I

Rembold,Abby said...

So far this year i think science is fun. I like the bloggling site, but it can be confusing. I dont know what exicting things we could do on the blog.

Savard, Samantha said...

I like Science alot. It is my favorite subject and it is fun. I can not wait to learn more and more throught out the year.
When I first heard about blogging I was very excited because i have always wanted to blog. It is very fun and i hope we get more into it every week.

Schirmer,Brandon said...

i am gonna blog on another question :)

Sturwold, Kaylee said...

I think science is fun so far i love the blog it is really a good way to get involved and we are used to sepup and thats what we are using.I really do like the blog tho it is kinda confusing because sometimes it works and sometimes it doesnt but other than that it its really fun.A really good way to use the blog is we can always use it to tell use about homework and how classwork is.

Henson,Megan said...

I think that science is going to be fun.
I am just now getting used to the blogging site. It was confusing before but now I am starting to get the hang of it. I cant think of anyways to improve it because it seems good so far. I like seeing what other people post for different topics.

Kresser Jacob said...

i have never blogd before and i really like it it is real fun

Anonymous said...

Jill Stange

I love science so far because it reminds me of last year because it looks just like Mrs.Kurtz room

Anonymous said...

@ kallmeyer, bridget

I agree with you the blog is confusing but when you get used to it ,its ok

Anonymous said...

I think that were going to have a great year, blogging is really fun and I think thats what i look forward to so far. I think when we start labs, it will be so much more fun.

Anonymous said...

@ Reddington,David
I agree blogging is really what makes it fun so far.

Moehring,DeeAnna said...

I think sience this year so far seems like it would be so much fun just because we are 1 more year older and i think this year in science we can do ore than we did last year. For blogging i think this is a great thing because it lets the students be independent doing the blogging. i love commenting to other peoples posts. i cant really think of any activities we can do right now i think everythings fine for now:)

Moehring,DeeAnna said...

@bonnie i also think that blogging is so cool and i also love to see what people say:)!

bekah said...

so far i think science is going to be fun this year. In some ways its diffrent and the same from last year. I like bloging because you get to interact with others and you find out what they like and what they think.

Anonymous said...

i think science will be fun this year. i also agree with deeAnna and Bonnie i think blogging is awesome!! i love to learn new things. so im excitied about the science this year i look fowrawd to it all

Smith,Courtney said...

I think science this year will be better than last year because were doing different things than we did last year so it is a whole new expirence. I don't know what to think about the blog i havn't really dicided if i like it or not i think i do but im not sure.

Tchase said...

Science is really fun. Im always happy to come to this class.
But..I don'y really like the blogging It's fun but confusing sometimes.But i always end up understanding,Science is my favorite subject I LOVE it. I'm also liking the shorter classes!

Anonymous said...

peters,jennifer science does seem fun the blogging is confusing to me to . But fingers crossed ill get used to it lyndsey,roberto!

Anonymous said...

I agree with Jennifer about blogging is very confusig and science does look fun this year!!! lyndsey roberto

stalbaum,lauren said...

I REALY DO NOT LIKE THIS BLOGGING IDEA!!!!!! IT IS TO CONFUSING AND TO HARD TO REMEMBER TO DO IT!!!! I THINK I WOULD THINK IT WOULD BE MORE FUN IF IT WAS MORE THEN POSTING AND READING ARTICLES!!!! (no offence to anyone)

i like science though it is alot like last year ,too :) i think i would enjoy it better without blogging thought :)

Anonymous said...

i also agree with coutney and chase blogging is so confusing and i dont no what to think about it!!:)

Anonymous said...

courtney smith i agree courtney science does look better is year. I also like how we can commonicate over tech.

waters,gabrielle said...

I love science so far i think the rest of the year will be fun.The blogg is ok i like the part that you ask about what we think of stuf.Cant wait untill you ask more question

Sydney,Vest said...

This year so far is good. Its also alot differnt then last year. I enjoy science so far I really like when we have short classes. In science i like when we went to the LGI with the other class. So far everything is fun. Agree with Elizabeth

Garvey, Emily said...

I Love Science, It's really fun. I think it is the best Core class I have. The onlyy thing I don't like is the Moon Observations, so far.
I also like the blog site it lets us tell other students about how we feel, or what we think. Maybe we could vote on something? Just Blogging will be hard to remember to do though.(:

Riley, Olivia said...

I like the shorter classes, but i'm not likeing the blogging.
~Olivia Riley

Voigt,Sara said...

I agree I do like shorter classes, but I like blogging to...Ive never done it before but yea I think its fun when we do it in science class. I like when Mrs. Hoffeman asks us are opinion on questions and subjects like hurricane Katrina.

Voigt,Sara said...

@emily, Oh yea i dont like the moon thing either, I liked the video and other things but i dont like that we have to remember to record the moons shape...

Natalie said...

I think we will learn some interesting things. I liked the video we watched about if we didn't have a moon. Blogging is something new that we have not done at all at school so I don't really know how it will go but I think it's been pretty good so far.

Natalie said...

@ Noah Dupont

I am liking the shorter classes to! :)

Anonymous said...

Allison Johnson-
I think that science will be cool this year. I think the blog site is ok, in kinda like it.The blog site will help me understand the new topics we are learning about this year. Dont have any good ideas about the blog activities.

Natalie said...

@ Sara Voigt

I like the blogging to.

Anonymous said...

@elizabeth
i also think science is going to be fun and the blog is going to be fun too.

Anonymous said...

i agrea with you but i think the commenting and reading is easy to do and the blog is great to do a littl hard lerning how to get on it is good to see what everybody thinks about sciens class this year

sam sims

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John Dinger said...

I like science. i think it will be fun this year.BUT WHAT HAPPENED TO OUR VOICES AND PAPER!!!!!!!!! WE DONT NEED TO USE TECHNOLOGY FOR EVERYTHING! I REALLY DONT LIKE THE BLOG!!!!!!! But thanks for our feed back. i hope this will be a fun year.

Andie said...

I think science has been cool and fun so far. I like blooging because it gives students the ability to talk about science but we don't have to do it in class. I can't think of others ways to use this blog.

Weisker,Kyle said...

I think it is really neat that we get to express our opinions online. I wish the classes were a little longer because I really don't like to be rushed when I am working on something. It would be neat to put a lesson on the blogging so we could check it at home and work on it if we needed to.

adelly_foshow2 said...

Science sometimes is fun but blog is sort of pointless.

Austin Deller

Andrew Ehrman said...

@lauren stalbuam

I also have trouble remembering to blog.

alyssa weber said...

I love science so far it seems like a very exiting class. Blogging is also exiting, and so far I realy like blogging. I can't think of any other usful way to use it.

Weisker,Kyle said...

@Shirmer, Brandon
I agree with you. I can't wait to learn more about Earth and other scientific things.

John Dinger said...

@austin deller
i agree. i dont like this blog. it would be more fun to have a disscussion about these topics

alyssa weber said...

@Bridget
I do agree blogging is confusing but i think it is a very fun thing to do seeing our friends point of views.

Andrew Ehrman said...

@John dinger
I also would rather have a class discussion than blog. because we could get more involved in conversations.

gaddis,breanna said...

i think science if more fun than last year, i also think that blogspot really helps us connect to each other and learn more about each other.

gaddis,breanna said...

@reddington
i agree i think blogging makes this class fun.

Dupont, Noah said...

@Young, Mackenzie
I agree with David also. Blogging is easy and you can see what others are thinking/saying about science and other topics! It is quite interesting.

Reis, Elizabeth said...

@Sara I agree with you on two things, that I like the shorter classes (I hated block) and that I don't like the moon paper.

cirkovic, daniel said...

I like 7th grade. Science class is fun.Im excited about learning about the solar system! Blogging is okay. I took a while to set up but overall its fun talking to people over the internet about subjects. I like the activities we do on the blog right now.

Enderle, Tyler said...

I think that it is fun we could make apicter

Jenkins,Tom said...

i like seince and socail studys(sorry for bad spelling)for fun,here is a picter of a a funny baloon.
(8))-------

georgantonis,pete said...

i am likeing scince so far and i am going to like the things we are doing this year i want to know if it is simalar to what we did last year

Raines,Katrina said...

i think science is fun.i never bloged befor be its fun because yo can look at other poeples blog and comment on them.

Thorp,Jayden said...

This year so far I like science it seems really fun.I love the shorter classes it makes the day go by really fast.But the bad thing at the end of the day i feel i dont get everything done but i actually did.I love blogging it is fun and a great way to start off the week blogging ids so much funn:) !!!

cirkovic, daniel said...

@John Dinger

I agree I miss pencils and paper too. But we are moving forward to new things and new technalogy. Change isnt always bad.

Thorp,Jayden said...

@ kaylee sturwoll
i agree with you it is a great way to get invloved.

MooreKassidy said...

So far all we have one has taken a "trip to the sun" and it was pretty cool.
I like the blog site. I think its pretty cool.
Yes i like blogging.
we could maybe do annalysis quesions on here. but if it still dont work for you you can still do it on paper.
And for the last one i have no idea.(:

georgantonis,pete said...

@lauran i agree that bloging is confusing and hard

Jenkins,Tom said...

re: reis, elizibith
a agry with ewe/you/u

martin,katie said...

I think sceince sounds fun .I like what were doing in hereso far .for bloging i like it i think it fun .every thing right now seems fine to me !

rentz,monica said...

I think science is fun. I liked science last year and i hope it will be fun this yaer. I want to see more exciding stuff this year .

for the blogging like it but i have gottin used to it. It is something know. I like to learn stuff know .

Dupont, Noah said...

@John, Dinger & Ehrman, Andrew
I agree with that. I would rather have a class discussion than this. You can get more invovled as you said, but you don't have to read lots of text. Its just much easier with a class discussion. Then again you cannot record it unless you do it yourself. Both have pros and cons!

martin,katie said...

@eilzabeth me to good anser i like ur thinking

Hannah Graff! said...

I like everything about science as of now! The schedules are a little weird right now, but hopefully it wont be like this all year. :) This Blogspot Site is cool i like it because everyday you can get on here and look at what is going on at school, what our teachers are thinking about. I have NEVER blogged before so its new to me, but im catching on. I think this is going to help my grade because if you follow the steps and do everything you are requried to do it could be easy. I am going to admit it does get very confusing at times.

@Ries, Elizabeth
I think it is like 6th grade to using the book and all the stuff from sepup.
@Dupont, Noah
I kinda like shorter classes but i also cant take everything we are learning in at such a short time :)

Guthier Nick said...

2 weeks in the year I think that science class is a little fun so far. I'm guessing it's going to be a lot different from last year but thats what makes me excited about it is to learn more.

I feel new to the blogspot because I have never done this before and I'm still tring to figure it out. So far I'm liking it since it's new I think it's fun repling to the posts that Mrs. Hofman's putting up. We could use it for homework and projects.

LaGrangeBonnie said...

@John Dinger I really like the blog,but I understand what you are saying. At home it makes sense, but I guess at school we could be having a discussion, but I still like the blog! :) :)

Zach "Hillshire" Viox said...

i think it seems fun because we get to be social in school by blogging and its a way to particapate in conversations on the school.

Zach "Hillshire" Viox said...

@Guthier Nick
i agree i really like it even though it is new and science is a lot different than last year

Mrs. Hoffman said...

Thank you all for your input!
I have read these many posts and am glad to see that many of you are excited about science this year. We cover many fascinating topics and I hope you are all able to find something about each of them that you enjoy.
As for the blogging, many of you seem to enjoy this, however, I know there are some of us that do not. Keep in mind this is something new we are trying this year as a district. We are not going to be having class stricly via the blog. This is a tool that we are implementing so that students may interact with one another via technology. We will not use this to replace your voice or pen and paper materials. This is just simply another avenue we will use within our classroom to delve deeper into our curriculum.
You also will not need to remember to blog. This is not something you have to do at home. This blog site will be a tool we use within the classroom and I will give you the time to do this. You don't ever have to remember on your own.
This is something new and change can sometimes be difficult. Be patient and don't be overwhelmed. Enjoy the different posts I leave and continue creating great discusions amongst one another!

Moehring,DeeAnna said...

@sara voigt!
i agree i love the shorter classes but i also liked having an extra day to do your homework with block if you forgot to do it for the next day you had 2 nights to do it!

gorrasi josh said...

so far i like science class but i will like it alot more once we get to the labs. i havent ever blogged before but so far im liking blogging so far. i think you could put science games on here.

Anonymous said...

Science is really fun. I like science evey though it is hard. It can be tricky and it might be hard to stay up with it. The bloging is hard also but i will try my hardest and do what i can to get my good grades.

bader,lindsay said...

I think science is fun.These activities we are doing seems really cool because you learn things that you do not know and you get to talk to your friends about it.Also i have never bloged before

Anonymous said...

@ Elizabeth Reis
You are right. It is simalar but it is still difficult and i think some people it will be the same as last year and easy and it won't.

bader,lindsay said...

I really can't wait to learn more mrs. hoffman

Gerdes,Austin said...

I think earth science is the mostt fun science ive had ever i think the setup for the lab notebook.I am looking forward to what we will learn about this year.

brendanmarchetti said...

I like science so far I like learning about the earth and planets. I like bloging too

Sydney,Vest said...

Blogging is pretty cool. I like it. Its fun to see everyones like and dislikes also there opions. It also can be confusing! like we have to remember alot like the password and email and that password and to follow and to comment its just alot!! but so far so good.

Garvey, Emily said...

@Sara
Yeahh, I really hate it.
I always forget to do it on the weekends,):

brendanmarchetti said...

@kresserjacob Its my first time blogging to I think its fun and easy

austin breiner said...

I agree with her. It is really fun.

MooreKassidy said...

Science is cool.

Anonymous said...

personaly i think that this blogging thing is a little to complicated like why can't you just ask us a quetion give us some info and have us write you a response? justin klug

Anonymous said...

Michael Twilling

science is fun

blogging is great

dacoda said...

it is fun

wessels,kelsey said...

@dacoda berger
yes dacoda it is fun