When I think about how important technology is to students in today's society it is common sense that blogs and other types of technology resources should be used in the lessons as much as possible. I can think of two ways that I would like to incorporate blogs into my classroom which are my own personal class blog and then student blogs. For my own personal class blog I would like to have it set up so that I can talk about what the class will be doing for the week, any up coming events or news that the parents should be aware of, and a way for the parents to comment in regards to the classroom. I think it would be a good way to send major news out to the parents and keep them informed as much as possible creating a united classroom. Of course if parents don't have Internet I will always send home letters but most of the time those documents get lost and one on one conversations will still be an option. The second way would be for the students to use as a type of journal. Having one journal for the students to go online and blog about what they found out in science that day for the entire year would be great. Also for the subject they choose to blog about for the journal they could insert links to support what they found or links they found in the process of research. Not all journals have to be in a notebook. Also for group projects students could set up a blog if they choose to.
After watching some links for blogs I found that they are a more advanced way to journal information for more people to see. They can insert more links that go directly to them and give the students more options. Also, they seem to allow the students more freedom, creativity, and possible group collaboration that normal journals don't offer. One link in specific was simple and just listed many reasons for blogs to be used. Also another link link had 6 & 7 years old's opinion on blogs which was very informative. Showed how they actually feel as opposed to our ideal theory of blogs.
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I totally agree about the idea for the classroom journal! Thats exactly what I had in mind for my classroom....I know some schools already provided an area on their school website for teachers to have their own page for parents to see. As technology takes hold of our world this is one of the easiest and quickest ways to get most parents involved in their child's school work.
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