I plan to use blogs to communicate with parents and other educators. I hope to use e-mail for important things such as newsletters, calendars, and updates. This will reserve my blog for fun things we are doing in the classroom. I hope to include lots and lots of pictures, and update at least weekly.
Depending on the technology available in my school and the age/grade level of my students, I want to use blogging as a weekly supplement to daily journal entries. This will introduce students to some of the technology available to them on the internet, and will make their musings available 24/7 to parents. If given the opportunity to post to the blog once weekly, each student would have approximately 50 blog posts by the end of the year.
As I learn more and more about education and accumulate good ideas, I hope to start a blog to share ideas with other teachers. This is not necessarily directly related to my classroom, but if there is any chance it could have a positive effect on other teachers' classrooms, I feel it's worthwhile. I love to read teachers' blogs and actually have a board on Pinterest dedicated to great teaching/classroom blogs!
The more I learn about new and different things I will be able to incorporate into my classroom, the more excited I get about teaching. I can't wait to start using my new knowledge of technology to improve my classroom.
Good job on creating your blog. This is an awesome tool with many uses. It's a great journal writing tool and that's how we are using it in this course. It allows me to see the progression of learning, in your own words.
ReplyDeleteThanks for sharing.