Thing 3

I would LOVE to use blogging in my classroom. Since most children have access to computers I think it would be a wonderful tool to implement in the classroom. I have actually been thinking about this quite a bit. I think I would like to make one blog post be due each week during the year totaling approximately 33-35 things over the course of the year. The whole class would be linked to my teacher blog so that all of the students can see each others links on the sidebar. I would post each assignment one at a time on my own blag and they would be in charge of checking the blog and posting the assignment sort of like what we are doing in this classroom. The first assignment would be an introduction in which they tell about themselves, their interests and families. They can include as many pictures as they want but I would like at least one picture on each post unless specified otherwise. Their assignments would vary by subject area. Maybe some dayds could be to give a brief summary of a favorite book, or list their 10 favorite songs and why. They could pick a character trait such as "kindness" and write about how someone they know has shown kindness lately. I think this would be SUCH a great tool that could benefit the class greatly. It would teach them to be accountable for checking the teacher blog and writing their post each and every week. I could even have them respond (appropriately) to three different students posts every week. This would be a great way to make friends and keep the class interesting. Plus, who doesn't love comments!