I have always been a very vocal person and have always liked keeping my thoughts on paper, or in more recent, technologic years, in a blog. I can imagine this being a very stressful, if not, off putting experience to those who aren't used to blogging.
When looking at how blogging could be used in the classroom as a tool, I would like to refer back to the ICT program of studies where it states that the curriculum itself isn't meant to be on its own but to be worked in with other courses to encourage learning. We are living in a day and age where technology is such a part of daily life whether it's listening to music on our iPod or Facebooking/Tweeting from our phones. To fully integrate students with the knowledge of technology, we need to bring this technology into everyday classroom situations.
Blogging could be used in a variety of ways, from a place for parents to check up on what is going on in your classroom to students being able to check the blog for information about homework, assignments and due dates. It doesn't have to be the focus of an entire class but by making it a part of your class in any way, whether it be something they do at school as an assignment (story blog for language arts) or at home as a refresher (seeing if anything is due in class the next day), you are bringing technology and blogging into the classroom.
Cytrina
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