I started this blog, and just like I've done with the other projects I've been assigned in class, I started thinking about how blogging could be incorporated into my future classroom to benefit my students' learning. Blogging seems like a really good way for students to work on reading and writing at the same time they are expanding their skills in technology.
Blogging could be used to create a class newsletter that students take turns writing on. This would give students a chance to share with their parents what they are doing in class instead of the teacher just giving a weekly summary of what's going on. Students could talk about things they were working on, projects the class was working on, field trips or special events that happened during the week. A blog in the classroom could also be used for students individual writing. If each student had a personal blog, they could post their writings and would have access to read their classmates' work as well as give feedback on their work.
I think blogging in the classroom would be a really positive way to incorporate technology into students' daily writing and it could potentially cause them to take more pride in their work, knowing it was published and could be viewed by classmates, the teacher, parents, etc. In the video below, a college professor talks about how he uses blogging in the English courses he instructs and the positive impact that has on students.
As I was looking for articles that talked about using blogging in the classroom to enhance education, I also came across an article that was about a teacher who used blogging as a way to allow outsiders to see into the life of a teacher and inside the education system. He did this anonymously, but he was still found by a coworker. I think that this is also a very interesting use for blogs in education. As a parent, or an administrator, or any other high position in the school system, you may not know what goes on inside the school, and by teachers writing about that opens doors that one does not usually have the chance to see inside of. I also read an article that just laid out different uses for a blog and it mentioned that teachers can use blogs by other teachers to get instructional ideas for the classroom and can use blogs to communicate and collaborate with others to improve the learning they provide for their students. The third article I read was short and talked about how a teacher can use blogs in the classroom, but what stuck out to me was that it was written in 2004 which signifies to me that, although blogging in classrooms is just now becoming more popular, it has been occurring for some time now.
As I have looked more and more into blogging in the classroom, I am becoming more excited to hopefully make blogging a part of my classroom someday so parents have the opportunity to hear classroom news not only from me, but from their students as well. I think blogging seems like a great way to excite kids about writing and reading a great way to help kids, even those who are quieter in class, express themselves in a way that others can access to read and comment on.
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