Learning Thing #3

The world is depending more and more upon technology, so it only makes sense for school districts and classrooms to do the same thing. There are so many ways in which a blog could be used in the classroom setting. A blog could be used to communicate to parents homework assignments are going on or to communicate important events that are happening in the classroom. A blog could be use as a discussion forum when you are reading a book as a class and you can have the students respond to questions, like we are doing for this assignment. If you are not reading a book as a class, you could post short quotes or stories, and have studnets react and reflect on your response. You could have studnets create and produce their own blogs, this helps the student work on their technology skills, writing skills, as well as communication skills. A blog could also be used to set up a modern day "pen pal" system in the classroom, students could communicate with students from anywhere in the world. Blogs can be used to discuss assignments, to do individual assignements, to do group assignments. Blogs can also be used in the school to discuss things that are going on around the entire campus, like when big events come up, or when the students have an opinon they want to share. The uses of a blog or endless, I would love to use it in my classroom, as I am certain my sixth graders would love doing it, I just have to figure out which method of blogging fits best into my classroom.