Using Blogs in My Classroom

In the classroom, technology can be used to do a countless number of things. With technology growing as fast as it is, students have access to many resources including the internet. Students can use the internet to connect to one another, even those who are half way across the world. Blogging has become a popular form of communication for students, whether it's just for fun or for school. By integrating blogging into the classroom, students can get more involved with technology. This makes the classroom more exciting for students and that means that students will be more likely to enjoy learning! As a future teacher, that is my main goal.

Blogging is something that can be used for all kinds of lessons throughout all subjects. In my classroom, I want to use blogging as a way for students to reflect upon lessons. In addition, they will be able to share their ideas with their other classmates. I will give students the opportunity to read each others blogs and reply to them. I also plan to use blogs to create compositions. The blog title will be the name of the composition and each post will be their individual compositions. This way, students will be able to look and read each others work from home as well as share it with family. Blogging is like hanging work in the school hallway, except more people will have the opportunity to read and appreciate it.

If you have never done anything like this in your classroom, there are many websites out there that can help you implement blogging the classroom. The Warlick website, 2cents worth is an example of a blog that helps educators. From this website, I also found a social networking site for teachers.