The first blog I visited was Mr. Meyer’s 5th grade blog. Mr. Meyer has not utilized the blog that often since the beginning of the school year. The blog appears to be used in the classroom as a tool for the teacher to periodically update the students and for students to comment on things done in the classroom. This is a way for parents to stay informed of what the students are doing, as well. The blog is still being used with the most recent posting on October 24. Blogging is a great idea in and outside of the classroom as it opens the lines of communication between the teacher and the students. Some students will never take an active role inside of the classroom, but they may voice their opinion in a blog entry. However, blogging appears to take a great deal of time/work on the part of the teacher who has to read the comments and (hopefully) respond to each one of them. Also, you would inevitably have those students who will attempt to abuse the platform by saying inappropriate things. All in all, blogging is a great communication tool for teachers, students, parents, and administrators. It also gives the students extra practice in composing sentences!
The second blog I visited was Mrs. Huff’s 9th-12th English class. This blog is used in direct concert with the classroom. The teacher has posted weekly syllabi for each of her classes as well as links to notes and handouts for student s who were absent. Students, parents, and administrators would be the intended audience, as well as other teachers. The purpose of the blog is to organize the four English classes in an electronic format so that the students have all the tools they need to succeed. The teacher is requiring the students to be proactive in their education and take responsibility for the work they have missed. This blog appears to be still in use with the last weekly entry posted on October 20 (Tech Tip). Blogging is a great tool that has potential inside and outside of the classroom. In this particular blog, students who have missed assignment due to illnesses can retrieve notes/handouts from home. Also, the parents can have an active role in pushing the students to succeed if they know the agenda for the week.
-Tewanna Brown
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I completely agree with you that blogging opens up the lines of communication all the way around and this is crucial for the students' success. I think this would also create a more positive relationship between the parents and the teacher because the parent will not get information from their child but directly from the teacher so there is less confusion. Mrs. Huff's blog also proved to be a great model for future teachers as a way for their students to get missed work outside of the classroom.
All of what we do is communicating with students. I agree in the sense that if they won't speak up in class then maybe they will talk online where anonymity can be retained. In my experience as a student and as a teacher, speaking up and participating in class is not now nor has it ever been the "cool thing to do". Hopefully the times may change but until then this will do
Tewanna, I enjoyed reading your blogg. I think Mrs. Meyers has a great idea with getting her fifth grade class envolved in blogging. It will give student lots practice blogging when they get to resond to teacher comments. It will also let the teacher comment specifically with each individual student.
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