A huge change in the last few years is that I became department chair, so now I get to pillage and steal great ideas from all of my department members…
Read MoreIn order to be successful using blogs in your classrooms, you have to do more than just come up with creative lessons and projects for the students to do with the blog. The more integral they become to your everyday teaching, the more you will need to establish guidelines for your students. You may have to ask your school or your district to tweak their Acceptable Use Policy or Digital Citizenship Policy to include blogging, or maybe you’ll need to create student contracts or notify parents.
Read MoreAs someone who has been teaching writing since I started teaching, blogs excite me. I love that writing becomes something for outside the classroom. It’s no longer just for the “teacher’s eyes”. Blogging brings a connectedness to the classroom, exposing other classmates and sometimes even the entire world wide web to a student’s thoughts and insights, making it a great tool for 21st century classrooms and learning.
Read MoreFor my class this week, we’re exploring blogging in the classroom. All of us reviewed a great article, “33 Ways to Use Blogs in Your Classroom and an Educational Setting.” This post has great ideas for every grade level, but here are 10 more ways that you can use blogs in your classroom setting.