Blogs

I feel that blogs can be a very useful way for students to communicate their thoughts about certain areas of study. So many kids these days absolutely hate to write, but give them a computer and they will type away. How often do we as adults actually have to sit down and write things? Hardly ever, we use a computer. As a teacher, I was constantly having my students use a journal to write in. After recently attending a conference in which I attended a session on blogging, I am questioning the use of a journal? Blogs are a very unique way in which students can communicate their thoughts and ideas with other classmates and teachers. I am in the process of trying to implement blogging at our school with my 5th grade Language Arts class, however I have ran into many road blocks. It does not look like I will be able to do so this year, but hope that by next year it will be possible. I believe it is absolutely essential that a school have a technology coordinator that is willing and able to try new things, even if it is a little extra work. It is hard as a teacher to not be able to do things such as blogging because it is out of your hands. I think that a school should be doing everything possible to prepare and equip students for the real world. The real world revolves around technology.