Opinion on Blogging in Classrooms

Blogging has become the thing to do in many classroom across the country. Teachers all over the world are using them in their classrooms to help their students on all sorts of levels. I was never familiar with blogging until this class but now after being required to blog quite frequently I have begun to think that it can be a valuable resource. Many other people taking EDM 310 this semester share my opinion that blogging can be a useful tool for teachers.

After reading other student's blogs for the semester I have realized that I am not the only one who believe that blogging can be useful. Blogging is an easy way for students to keep up with their assignments, especially if he or she might have missed a day of class. Not to mention, for the teachers trying to go green, using blogs to post assignments instead of handing out numerous papers in the classroom can help save resources and money.

Blogging can also help teachers become more familiar with who their students are a human beings outside the classroom. Students will most likely put their on twist and flavor into their blogs to show a little bit of their personalities, which can help the teacher get an insight into the kinds of things they like. Also, blogs can be used for the children to post their homework assignments instead of turning them in at school; in EDM 310, we use our blogs to write mini papers on assignments we are given. English papers, short essays,poems, or anything that you feel comfortable for the world to see can be posted onto blogs for easy grading. Blogging can also be useful for contacting people from all over the world and seeing how other countries are using technology.

Overall, I believe that blogging can really be an essential technological tool for teachers. The possibilities are endless when blogging. I know that it is almost impossible to get teachers who are stuck in their ways to realize the possibilities within the technology blogging offers, so if teachers just entering the field will open their minds up and try out blogging in their classrooms I think we would see a vast improvement in assignment being turned in and done well and maybe veteran teachers will eventually realize that blogging can be useful.