Blogs in Classrooms

The first website that I visited http://elementary-school.blogspot.com/. This is a blog that was designed by a school librarian in Texas. This blog is used to inform elementary teachers and librarians about several different websites that are designed to keep them informed and improve their skills. One of the posts that I read was about flash card math for elementary students. It had a link to the website, so I went to it. On the website, there were math worksheets and several math word problems which was very helpful. Here is a link to the website: http://www.flashcardmath.com/handcrafted2.asp

Another blog that I visited was a 12th grade Pre-Cal class by Professor Kuropatwa. I believe that he used his blog very efficiently. There was assignments, notes, and quizzes posted for the students and the students would have to post lectures and answers to questions. One student even recorded the lecture and posted the voice lecture on the blog. The teacher also made reference to a website that another teacher had informed him about. He put a link on the blog because he felt it would be useful to the class. The link to this blog is: http://pc40sf06.blogspot.com/

This was a picture that I got from this blog. It was posted beside one of the quizzes that was labeled probability.

Overall, these blogs are very helpful. I wanted to give two different examples of the use of blogs because obviously they can be used for any reason. In the first example, the librarian just wanted to inform other educators about information that is out there. When we look at the second example, we see more of a classroom setting. Students are subscribed to the blog and the blog is where they find all of their assignments. I think it is a great way for students to not only interact with their teacher, but it also gives the students an opportunity to interact with one another.