Blogging & Me

A reflection on how blogging can be a beneficial resource for me in my future classroom

 

One of the unique things that blogs offer teachers (that resources like Google Docs or Word cannot) is the ability to let their students be heard. I have looked through a variety of blogs written by educators who use the blogs to share their ideas with others, to post about upcoming events and conferences, or to simply vent about the common, frustrating experiences that often accompany being a teacher. My favorite use of the blogs, however, is when teachers show off their students' work, and use their blog to give their kids a limitless platform where their work can be viewed and praised by parents, teachers, and other students. Rather than just devoting a wall in my physical classroom to posting well-written papers, I think this would be a great way to take advatange of blogging as a tool for positive feedback and reinforcement. I could use the blog to post pictures and descriptions of any assignment that my students create.