I am currently a classroom teacher at West Creek High School. I teach Health Science education. I have not used a blog as a part of my classroom yet. I always thought the concept seemed to foreign to me and would be difficult to implement. I have found through this experience that creating a blog is much easier than I had anticipated and can now envision several uses for it in my classroom.
For example, I could use a blog to give students the opportunity to respond to a reading assignment or to comment on an issue that we may have discussed in class. This would give students a voice and allow me to read their comments on a topic to help me determine if they have grasped the concept or now. Students that may not be quick to speak up in class may be more willing to express their views on a blog, since the blogging format is very familiar to their generation. The blog would help me to hear some of those students that never speak up in class in a whole new way. All I would have to do is post a quick writing prompt, and then read their responses as they are added. This could be used for a homework or a classwork assignment, since I have laptop computers in my classroom for daily use.
I could also use a blog as an informational bulletin board for my students and their parents. I could post upcoming projects, test dates, assignment information, and general class announcements. I could set it up so all students and their parents have access so that they could check the blog anytime day or night to know what is going on in my classroom. This could be an excellent way to encourage parental involvement and give my students the information they need.
There are so many options for using a blog in the classroom that I have never considered before. I think that students would enjoy this type of learning activity and that it would help to keep them actively engaged in my classroom.
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