Educational Use of Blog

• Blogging is easy and fun and would appeal to students of all ages, no matter their technical ability or apprehension about using the web. Teachers could create temporary blogs for their courses each semester with elements for new information, thought-provoking questions, a list of resources, videos for students to watch and comment on, and have students blog as part of the course requirements, thereby creating a network for pertinent discussion topics.

• It seems there is never enough time during a course to cover all information I deem helpful to beginning teachers - having a new blog topic each week for students and teachers to discuss would be a good way to examine a topic in depth with those who are interested.

• A facet that is missing from my classes is testimonials from teachers already in the field; it's very difficult for working teachers to come to my classes during the day to discuss their experiences with the college students - I'm sure there are many teachers who are fairly new to teaching who have since thought of what they "wish" they could have learned or asked about during their college classes. Inviting several of them from different disciplines to participate in a blog with pre-teachers would fulfill that "missing element" for my classes, especially for student teachers who are very nervous about taking that first step!

• Another way to use blogging in education is to develop an online learning community for teachers, rather than staying after school for one more committee meeting! These learning communities can share ideas, research, and plan activities in virtual sessions!

• Tech-savvy students in middle or high school would be very motivated to work with a small group to create a blog dedicated to a particular subject, like an event in American history, or the study of a particular element in science, or a blog on cooking for a FACS class. The teacher could create rubrics for self, peer, and teacher evaluations.
  

A BLOG COULD BE CREATED FOR TEACHERS THAT
FOCUSED ON CREATIVE WAYS TO USE A BLOG!!!