I registered my blog a while back, but I have been going in circles lately and am just now getting around to posting. The thing is, I think I created two different blogs, but only Nanniemary is registered for credit; the other one is mlhutchinson and I have no idea how I did this! Whew! I hope I get the hang of this soon.
I orginally thought that a blog was nothing more than a place people created to gossip or draw attention to themselves. I am pleased to say that I have had a complete change in opinion since starting "The 23 Things" list.
A blog, when used correctly, could be a very useful tool to the teachers, students and parents for maintaining communication about lessons and progress of students. Its use in a classroom for interaction with students would provide invaluable opportunities for enrichment with full-class or one-on-one participation possibilities. Students could get faster feedback in case of a problem with a lesson and teachers could see where students are grasping material and where they need additional help. For those students that are shy about asking a teacher for help, the blog could provide an avenue for help from their classmates or the opportunity to view another classmates ideas on learning the material.
For parental communication, a blog could be used to keep up with students progress or problems and for parent or teacher to maintain contact without students becoming averse to their dialogue (by using separate blogs for parents and students, of course).
All in all, I can see real potential on a broad spectrum for the use of a blog.
I agree with you that a blog to post your lessons is a great idea because it will help the students further their knowledge. Then, it was interesting to see that it could help with the parents to see how their kids are doing in the classroom. These were two great points in your post.
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