Early September of this
year was the first time I created a blog.
I am still trying to get the hang of it and have been considering the
past few months how I could use this technology at school. I currently teach kindergarten and since I am
not yet proficient in blogging I believe it would be difficult to guide my
students in blogging. Also, at this time
I’m not sure what I would like for my students’ blog to include or what the
purpose would be for their blogs. I believe my blog should be geared more
toward my students’ parents. There is so much that happens during the week that
I’d love to share but only send home a newsletter once a week. This year I have
been using the app “Remind 101” to send home short reminders and requests to
classroom parents. What this app does
not allow me to do is send pictures with the texts to allow parents to see what
is happening in the classroom. I think a classroom blog could allow me to share
with parents what’s going on during the week. I’d like to share pictures of our
activities, family literacy and math ideas to use at home, and a place for
parents to post questions that other parents may also have.
The two obstacles that
come to mind at this time are student safety and some families lack of computer
access. Since a classroom blog provides
just another way to stay in touch with families I believe with is worth using.
Really good ideas sometimes these blogs do not seem to work correct. Like some you have to open in a new window, copy and paste the information plus all the other minor problems. I wonder if it would work better in a class if everyone shared the same blog account, say Google, I think that would solve lots of problems and everyone could communicate parents and students alike.
ReplyDeleteYou're right Stanley. Another problem I've run into is just the type of browser you are using. Some pages pull up fine in one browser but not another. The problem with technology is it is always improving but not everyone can afford the newest, latest upgrades.
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