POST #2

Different applications of blogging in reference to the classroom as an instructor:

a.     Teacher Blogs may be used to provide students a resource to class information, post assignment, receive messages, and forums to act as a social networking platform.  Also, it can act as an outlet for parents to see what their child is doing in their class and what they are learning. For more information on using blogs for teachers, check out Emerging EdTech

b.     Classroom blogging is another great strategy in which the teacher can provide lessons plans on a blog and students have to make a blog and reply to the questions and respond to other students’ answers as well.  This is promoting using technology to give lessons, social interaction amongst students, and allowing the teacher to have access to the lesson plan from anywhere he/she has Internet connection.  It also can be used as an outlet for teachers to display classroom activities, student involvement, curriculum, and promoting personal pride amongst the students. For example, here is a blog, Huzzah, from 5th & 6th graders in British Columbia, Canada.

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                 d.  As a teacher, I can make a blog for my math class where I can provide the lecture of the day, provide a link of math definitions, breaking down problems, and possible other links that explain how to do problems in other ways.  Also, I could put assignments and extra credit problems for kids to work on.  Attached is a website in which a math blog is explaining how to work on algebra problems and breaking them down.  Math

                e.  As a future coach, I can use blogging to illustrate my athletic team, our victories, team photos, a place to post good information for my athletes to read, for example, dietary articles, stretching techniques,  or teamwork.  During the summer time, having the ability to post workout, individuals progress, and forums for athletes to talk to each other thru out the summer.