Why Not Blog?

Blogs are everywhere and schools are not immune to their influence. Students and teachers alike are blogging about their favorite books, classroom discussions, and experiment results. The ongoing conversation of a blogging community helps further this knowledge beyond the walls of the classroom.

Teachers use blogs to both facilitate learning in their classroom communities and develop their professional knowledge base.

Blogs are one of the tools of Web 2.0 that easily applicable to the 21st century classroom. This tool can be utilized to keep a daily journal, track science experiments, keep a portfolio, or respond to writing prompts. Besides the endless possibilities of learning opportunities, blogs can make it easy for teachers to keep track of conversations, compositions, and content.

Several examples of excellent classroom blogs can be found here.

Teachers can even learn more about their profession through blogging. Imagine a staff room filled with thousands of educators…well…imagine those educators on their most inspired and intellectually stimulating day. Now imagine that you are in that room and the ideas are coming from all angles and bouncing from one teacher to the next. The possibilities for ways in which we can reach our students are endless. That’s what participating on the education blogosphere is like. It’s a community of learners from all over the world who are connected through the blog.

I have gathered several blogs with a focus on facilitating learning here.

Some questions to ponder…

What could be some possible projects for a class blog?

What are some ways a classroom blog might benefit the learning in your classroom?

What are some ways participation in a blogging community of educators might enhance your facilitation of learning?