Thing #3 Blogs in education

Each of the sample blogs was very different. My first time through I was overwhelmed trying to read everything. I took a stepback and remembered what I try to teach my students. Take a look at the format, at headings and organiztion This made it much easier. I found the superitendent's blog almost serene. It was well written and inviting. The special ed one was too busy for me. However, I did find Kathy Martin's comment! Bud the teacher had a point to make, but went about it with some negativity. He obviously had an intended audience, but his tone was questionable. Alas, as in email, this is a definite drawback to using a blog as a means to dialogue and convey sentiment. As for posting a comment, I chose to post on one of our own which has impressed me.

Uses for education seem infinite. Immediate thoughts were to use it for book reviews. Another idea was as a writer's response journal. Post a reading selection and ask students to respond. The anticipated outcome would contain higher level thinking and descriptive passages to enhance mental images. How about in house/unpfficial professional development. Toss out a comment related to education, technology, teaching strategy, utilization of data... and see what transpires.