Mr. McClung

With a new year comes a fresh start…the same is true for us here in the education field. I look at the turn of a new year as chance to make “halftime adjustments”. Meaning since we are at the halfway point of our school year it is time to improve our class experience based on…

With one day remaining before we return to school, it’s time to keep our mind right and start getting ready to get back to work. I figured this would be a great opportunity to do a little show and tell and share a few pictures from my Christmas Vacation. Above are a few pictures from…

The votes have been counted and the winners have been named. Congratulations to Billings Middle School Tech Class for wining Best Class Blog and also Mrs. Yollis’ Classroom (2nd place) & English With Rosa (3rd place). Although our blog did not win in this category, being nominated is such a HUGE honor for us and…

This week has been a fun one for blogging. After being notified about our nomination last week for Best Class Blog, my students have been voting like crazy and are geeked up about the opportunity of winning a free subscription to Edublogs Campus. With all the excitement expressed by my student, I thought I would…

As stated in a previous previous blog post, the Edublog Awards are officially upon us. The awards consist of varying categories that range from Best Individual Blog to Lifetime Achievement. As of yesterday, the nominations for all categories are up and voting is now open in the 2009 Edublog Awards and we are fortunate enough…

The Edublog Awards is an annual event where teachers around the world nominate their favorite educational bloggers and instructors. The Edublog Awards are a way for teachers to share the love to other teachers and recognize the hard work they put in every year. Listed below are my nominations for the 2009 Edublog Awards: Best educational use of…

After nearly 1,300 hits since late August, our blog is finally starting to maintain some steady traffic. Since moving to our home on Edublogs, we have suffered a dramatic decrease in hits. Having passed our first milestone of the school year I believe that my students are starting to see the rhyme to the reason….