Blogging

Blogging Assignment

My Classroom Blog

SupportBlogging.com This is a really great site that defines what a blog is and the uses for educational blogging in the classroom. An educational blog can serve many purposes in the classroom; most importantly blogging is literacy. When teachers and students blog they are writing, reading and exchanging ideas and comments. Teachers can use blogs to teach responsible journalism and create a greater enthusiasm for writing. The site really tries to convey to the reader that blogging is reality and reality is what we need our students to experience. This would be a great site to share with administrators or parents to help them understand the importance of blogging in the classroom.

Take Your Class to the Internet This is an article that summarizes the various ways that you could use a blog in your classroom. It could be used for classroom management purposes (communication with parents), a learning journal, a place for class discussions or a place for personal expression. At the end of the article there is a sample lesson entitled //Constructing Constructiveness.// This is a lesson that you could use with your students to teach them constructive ways to respond to blog posts. I think this would be a very important lesson because if students aren't instructed on the specific way that they should make comments they will end up using //IM speak// or respond like they are texting which is not the way we should be teaching students to respond to various blog posts.

Using Blogs to Incorporate Technology in the Classroom This is a great article for any teacher who is planning on setting up a blog in their classroom. It discusses some of the educational benefits of using blogs in the classroom. Some of the benefits include: motivating students, especially those who normally would not be participants and giving students an opportunity to read and write in a different forum. The article also explains some of the uses for a blog in the classroom and explains how to get your students ready to blog.