Blogs

I found out after taking this class what a useful tool blogs can be. I have learned so much by creating my own blog and this is something I would like to try make a blog for my classroom, one that all the students can contribute to.

While doing research for my blog I found some great ideas I would like to try in my classroom, such as letting the students post to the blog every week and having it available for the parents to view. This would also be a way for me to keep a record or online portfolio of the students reading/writing skills and how they have improved over the course of the year. What a great way to help students improve their reading and writing skills.

I want my students to have many opportunities to use technology in the classroom and by starting a class blog, we will be able to learn to do blog posts, upload pictures, create links and create and add videos. This will also serve as a good form of communication between the teacher and students, the students with the rest of their classmates, and the teacher, students and parents. The blog will be a vehicle in which parents can get a glimpse inside our classroom without actually being there (but they will be encouraged to come visit too!).

I think the students would enjoy reading what other classmates write. They can respond to each other's posts so the students will have feedback from many sources. I believe that children learn from each other so I think a blog would be an excellent teaching/learning tool and a great way to introduce my students to technology.