Blogging

I chose to read Marlena Marsh's blog. She and I seem to have a similar view of blogging and its pros and cons. Blogs can definitely be a useful tool for a teacher in his/her classroom. I have enjoyed learning the different uses for blogs and learning how to use them.


Blogs are not difficult for students to use and therefore offer an excellent opportunity for students to learn and utilize their technological skills. Writing skills and critical thinking skills can be sharpened by students using blogs in the classroom. Teachers can assign their students classroom blog journals. They can post questions for the students' blog response, or use a blog to post classroom information. These are a few of the pros of blogging.

Though blogging does have its pros it also has its cons. Parents and teachers often are concerned about the safety of the students who use blogs, because they are open to whomever wishes to read them. There is a solution to this problem. A password can be set up so that only the people who have the password can access the blogs. Others are concerned with cyber bulling, which often takes place between the students themselves. Teachers can discourage this by penalizing the students who take part in these unkind actions.

Over all I feel that blogs have a lot to offer our students. Blogs offer a good opportunity to broaden our students computer use and prepare them for a life filled with technological machines. I look forward to using them in my classroom to better prepare my students for their future.