Journal #7- Blogging

The tool I choose was Blogging. Blogging would be defined as “A type of website, usually maintained by an individual with regular entries of commentary, descriptions of events, or other material such as graphics or vide,” according to Wikepidia.com. Now that I have used blogging first hand, I see how teachers think it could be a great thing to start incorporating into schools. You are able to 1. Get in contact with the parents 2. Show the parents the progress their children are making in class and 3. Communicate with your own students through the comments back on their work posted through their blogs. I took a look at 2 other posts about blogging related to education and I thought they were great. They talked about how important it was to have blogs in the classroom especially to communicate with parents. Another teacher stated how she had her students make a blog so they could publish their writings on it, where people can comment and give thoughtful feedback. This is great! It is a way for students to hear ideas from their teacher as well as their own classmates. I liked this teachers blog as well because she was asking other teachers for new ideas to do more with their blogs. As a future teacher, I would love to incorporate blogs into my classroom. I think it could really be useful to the students to get feedback as well as talk back and forth to their fellow classmates.