Blog Post 1 - Blogging in the classroom

The very first reason I think I would use blogging in the classroom would be to keep parents & the community informed. I could post upcoming events that parents can volunteer for, daily classroom activities, etc. I would make the class blog private, so only parents could view it and respond, this would be to protect my students. Another good idea to put on the class blog would be educational links. If we were learning about Bumble Bee's, I could post some safe secure educational websites and the students could do these activities in their spare time, but only if they wanted to. I saw one 5th grade teacher that had math games posted, he also had posted missing assignments. For instance, if you were missing math worksheet 5.3, he would have it posted and all you have to do is download it and print it. This is also useful if a child misses a day of school, all their work is on the class blog. Blogging is also a really great place for students to publish their work. If Billy wrote a really good story, he could post it on the blog for the parents and other classmates to read. Along with posting Billy's story, Billy could get feedback. What was liked about his story, what could be better, etc. I looked at a lot of teacher's classroom blogs and there is an endless amount of possibilities. But I think the best reason for having a class blog is to teach on the level of your students. Kids are really into technology & computers right now, why not teach them through their interests.