Thing 3

I think some useful ways to incorporate a blog into my classroom, would be to create a blog for each subject I teach, and each day post our daily agenda along with links to handouts, presentations, and notes.  This could also be a place to put reminders for upcoming activities, such due dates for reports, test dates, and general information about school.

I think one advantage of this would be to incorporate an RSS feed where the blog could be subscribed to by both students and parents, so that they receive a notification when something new has been posted.  It would be a great way to reach out to parents.

I think another great use for blogs in a science classroom, would be for students to use the blog as their science notebook for labs.  Students could set up a blog, and speak about their experiences conducting different labs.  I think this would provide a create atmosphere for students to interact with each other, not only in the same class, but from other classes about their experiences.

I believe these would be some useful ideas for using blogs in the classroom.