Blogging can be useful for many different purposes for students in the education field and teachers in the classroom. As a student teacher, I can use blogs to discuss issues that I have with assignments. Bloggers are all over the world and can have different opinions that may be specific to a region in other countries. Fellow bloggers can comment and give insight on assignments that I would not think of or I could assist them with assignments.
Before this assignment I really hadn't given any thought to blogging besides for personal use. I like to blog to keep my family involved in my life since they live so far away. Now I have the idea that I want to have a blog for my classroom to keep parents involved in classroom activities. I would have a calendar of events, weekly homework listed, and have a place where I could display student art work. I think that this would be helpful for parents who have busy lives who can just log onto the blog and find all the information in one spot.
This is my first time blogging and I am begining to love the idea of having a blog available for my classes once I start teaching also. It would be a really good way to keep the parents informed, but I am also wondering about maybe placing assignments on mine for the students to do on his/her own time (like we are doing). My only concern is that my degree will be for 4-8 grades and I'm not sure if 4th grade is too young to do this with. What are your thoughts?
ReplyDeleteI like the idea you had about allowing other bloggers to help you out as a teacher. I agree, everyone is so different, which why people can be very helpful to you as a teacher. Since everyone thinks differently they can give you ideas or corrections that you may have never thought of yourself.
ReplyDelete