This is my first time using a blog and I think it is a really cool idea. I have overheard fellow colleagues discussing the pros of using a blog at work and I never really gave it much thought until now. I consider myself to be somewhat of a private person, but having a blog for educational purposes seems to be a good idea. By using a blog students are more apt to check for missing work and get more online resources using a blog. In the near future I plan on starting my own blog at my workplace and I will present information regarding my new blog to my students and parents at the beginning of the 2009 school year.
When creating a blog one can make it very simple by just using visual symbols. Just incorporating the information needed for both students and parents enables one to stay basic and fall under the category of visual symbols on the cone of experience. Once one starts to add personal information, video clips, and personal examples you start to move down the cone of experience by fulfilling many more categories. Such categories completed could be motion pictures, exhibits, study tips, and possibly even dramatized personal experiences.
Using both a blog and RSS can be very beneficial within the classroom. Instead of ordering newspapers for my classroom we could find specific information about current news by using RSS reader. As a teacher, using a blog is a good way to communicate with parents and students versus constant phone calls and emails. More importantly, according to Siegel, these tools can create a community of users which means multiple people can access the same information and share ideas.
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