Google Earth

Google Earth is a satallite imaging software program. Comment on cool places to see and check out!

Below is a link for teachers with tiips on using it in the classroom:

Google Earth uses in Education

Speak OUT: 2nd amendment

Does the 2nd Amendment (which gurantees the right to bear arms) include the right to have automatic weapons?

Anne Frank Question #2

Why do you think Anne writes so often about arguments in her diary?

WPA 10th Anniversary

It has been 10 years since we opened the doors of West Park Academy. This post can be used for comments on the best memories or activities over the past 10 years.

The Future of the Class of 2007

The graduating class of 2007 can post their future plans here and discuss their future after West Park Academy.

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The 7th & 8th grade classes are reading The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank. This post is for comments on how you would feel in Anne's place, if you were in her situation of hiding.

Podcasting

What about podcasting? How would you use this new technology?

According to Wikipedia: A podcast is a digital media file that is shared over the web, for playback on portable media players and personal computers.

Below are links for more information on using podcasting in education:

Radio Willow Web-Podcasting in Elementary School
Podcasting and education

Spring poems by group 14

Spring poems by group 1

Spring poems by group 3

Spring Poems by Group 4

The following comments are spring poems written by group 4.

Spring poems by group 10

Posts (comments) in this section will be original poems created by West Park Academy students. All students must identify the type of poem they are writing, this link is a great reference for identifying the types of poetry: Shadow Poetry.com

Happy spring! April is National Poetry Month!

Here are the poems of group 10. Please mention the number of the poem when commenting on it.

Community Clean-up Comments

Earth Week is April 23rd-27th. This is a great time to start thinking about how we can take care of the nature and community around us.


The West Park campus and the surrounding community has a lot of litter, graffiti, and detroyed public property. Please comment on what you think we can do to improve this community or comment on why you think this is such a problem.

Welcome to Blogging!

A blog or a web log is an Internet based journal.

We are going to use this blog to comment on a variety of topics connected to our school, West Park Academy. You can comment to this post by clicking on the "comments" link. You can comment about blogging in general for this post.

Here are some helpful links for teachers about using blogs in the classroom:
Blogging techniques for the K12 classroom
Uses of Blogging in Education
Examples of Elementary School Blogging