Our school-wide word of the week blog, DTA WOW! in Action (see right) has been up and running since Sept. Initially we had a small handful of students willingly participate. Then, to gain initiaive, I started a contest with a pizza party as a prize to the classroom with the highest percentage of students blogging.

Well that certainly ensured a LOT more participation.

But after the contest was over, it went back to a mild level of participation. The website was posted in the computer lab and media center, and those teachers were notified to remind their students to hop on if they