Blogs...

I believe that blogs truely can be a fun and innovative form of communication among several different communities of people in one common place. I enjoyed what the Avery Middle School pronciple had to say about blogs and their usefulness in the classroom. Blogs created a means of communication in his school that gave parents the opportunity to become an active part of their child's education by possibly viewing the curriculum on the web page or seeing the lesson plans for that particular day. Blogs helped unite the teachers within the school by mapping out what was being taught in the classroom. Students could access the blog to stay on track with the demands of any particular class with a blog. Blogs are clearly a usefull tool in the classroom and definatley not a waste of time. If anything- a blog could save a great deal of extra time for everyone who takes advantage of this tool. The curriculum of the classroom can be greatly enhanced by the new technology at our fingertips. By using blogs and other resources students can review materials, have visuals and audio enhancements, can do activites for class, etc. The possibilities seem endless.