A Look at Blogging
While looking around the internet I stumbled upon two blogs that I thought were very interesting and it reminded me of ways in which blogging can be used by teachers in and out of the classroom.
Dedicated Elementary Teacher Overseas
The first blog I found was by an American woman who is teaching a third grade classroom overseas in the Middle-East. You can view her blog here. I thought this blog was interesting because she created it to try to address how the thinking of eight and nine year old children in the Middle-East is both similar and different then her experiences in America. She also introduces how differences and problems teachers in overseas American schools face compared to her experiences in the Middle-East, the cultural differences she has noticed between the two countries, and she also explains her teaching philosophy which I found to be similar to mine. In her about me page she says,
"With every classroom dispute between classmates, with every homework assignment or test grade, and with every classroom experience comes a special chance to teach something “more.” I feel I have one of the most important jobs in the world–that of “molding little people” to become the next adult generation.
This blog also reminded me about how blogs can be used by teachers in and out of the classroom. Like the blog above, teachers can use blogs to communicate with teachers around the city, the state, the country, or the world. These blogs could help teacher build relationships with other teacher where they can discuss ongoing problems in their classrooms, suggest or comment on lesson plans, or to build friendships and support with other teachers.
Miss Pellin's Third Grade Class Page
Another blog that I found interesting was by a third grade teacher names Miss Pellin. If you want to take a look at her blog you can hit the link right here. She posts a weekly blog which gives an overview of what the class did the previous week, what they will be working on in the coming week, her observations in the classroom, and important dates for the parents and students to remember.
This blog reminded me of another way teachers can use blogs in their classroom. By creating a page like Miss Pellin's, a teacher can help build up an appropriate classroom community for their class. This type of page helps build up a classroom community because it helps parents become involved in their child's learning, it allows the parents and teachers to stay in contact with one another, and the blog helps make the class more personal to all of the parties involved (the teacher, the students, and the parents).
Suggested Resources
If you are interested in creating your own blog you can click here.
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