The first blog that I looked at was for Mrs. Huff's English Classes. On this particular blog, Mrs. Huff seemed to direct most of the blog postings to the Students and the Parents or any others who may be interested in what upcoming assignments and events are taking place within her class room. Her students range from 9th Grade, 11th Grade and 12th Grade. It is specified on each posting who the posting or comment is directed towards. The purpose of this blog is to help students and parents to keep up with assignments, changes in their assignments and grade posting updates. I found that this would be very useful in any class when or if a student should miss an assignment or be out of school for a period of time; this would work excellently to keep everyone up to date on what is going on within the class. The blog is updated at least weekly from what I have read. That is the minimum it seems to keep students posted on assignments. I certainly found this tool very useful for the classroom in that it would be excellent for keeping assignments posted so that none of the students are unaware of any work. I really liked this blog. I found it very simple and easy to navigate and I truly believe that this blog is very useful for both students and teachers in the classroom because it will make organization and keep information easily available for parents and students.
The second blog that I viewed was a blog by Dean Meyer for his 5th grade class. I believe that his audience is his students as well as their parents. This blog is used in correlation with the classroom in that students are kept aware of upcoming assignments as well as allowing them to post assignments or post comments on this page. The purpose of this blog is to keep students as well as parents informed of the work that they are responsible for as well as allowing students a different avenue for students to do their work. This blog is being used regularly by the teacher as well as the students. The teacher seems to post sporadically; however, the students appear to post almost daily. Students can post responses to homework or other assignments. One comment by a student was a paper written by a fifth grader through the eyes of 'Bigfoot'. I found this great. I really liked the blog and found that obviously the teacher uses this blog on a regular basis to teach his students. I was amazed that fifth graders are using this blog as much as they are. It is a great way to get kids interested technology while teaching them something related to content as well. I think that this tool certainly has potential for the classroom because it is an easy way to keep assignments, homework, and other assignments easily available for students, parents and teachers to see.
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Anna, you have commented on the two blogs I also reviewed. Please see my blog post (Busteacher on October 24) for further comments. Overall, both of the blogs appear to be very useful for students, parents, administrators, and current/future teachers.
I really enjoyed Mrs. Huff's blog as well. It promotes an open door for administrators, fellow teachers, students and parents to observe the comings and goings of the students. As for the second blog you viewed it sounds like the students have ownership of the blog and take the initiative to share and write on it. I think that type of blog would create a sense of community in the classroom and outside the classroom as the students shared their work.
Anna, i think most of us did the English class blog =). Please see my blog post to find my opinions on the subject.
Anna, I thought your evaluation of the teacher who uses the blogging site for her fifth graders was great. I would be really interested to see the students paper on "Bigfoot." It sounds pretty exciting. I also like the fact, like with Mrs. Huff's class, that the blog can be used as an alternative means for keeping up with assignments and homework. That seems to be one of the major purposes for student blogs. I also like that fact that it can serve as a means for communication amongst students at all times. I would have loved that as a younger student.
Anna I enjoyed reading your blog, I think Mrs. Huff has a great idea with using her blog to keep parents posted. This seems like a great idea for parents that always want to know whats going on. It seems like it will keep parents involved with their students learning as well.
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