Have your ever really stopped and thought about how many different ways there are for students and teachers to communicate with each other and peers around the world today? It is mind boggling!
I know that when I started teaching in 1996 there were no such words as blogging or posting your thoughts on Facebook or Twitter. There was no such thing as wikispaces. It was even a lot of work and encoding to create a webite. There were not a lot of templates like there are today for people to use they just did not exsit.
Teachers often want to know what the point of students blogging in the class is for and why have them do it. They want to know what educational purpose it serves and how they can tie it into their daily instruction. If a teacher is in question have them watch this youtube video. It states over 15 reasons why a teacher needs to have his or her students blog.
Communication, literacy, sharing, ownership, collaboration. discussion, interaction, motivation, participation, engagement, excitement, conversations, creativity, critical thinking, personal expression, reflection time, and more.
Why not start blogging in your classroom today.
Check out my next blog for more information about some best practices for blogging in the classroom.
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