Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves. ~ Ernest Dimnet





Sunday, May 8, 2011

Using Blogging in the Classroom

Blogging is such a versatile tool that the World Wide Web has to offer its visitors. Many people use blogging in many different ways such as personal life events like the man did in The Tact Of Living. In this blog he documents the major events that happen in his life for anyone who is interested, such as friends and family, to read. He talks about everything from the subject of Free Will to his dog having puppies to obtaining the keys to his very first public school classroom.

Other times people use blogs to keep up with family members by posting anything from pictures to old family recipes. Some people use blogs to broadcast their own opinions over the internet, while others may use blogging as a form of web support for their company or family business.

I have come to learn that you can also use blogs in the classroom as well. As a teacher you can use them as aids for a student project. You can interact with the students while both in the classroom and at home. For example, my class project is "Family History," with this in mind I would more than likely have my students post a family story or a group family photo to the blog, that way it can be viewed by other children in the class.

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