There are a variety of ways I can use blogs in my
classroom. One way I have used in the
past and I could continue to do is current events. Blogs can be a good way to share an article
and I can discuss the article with my students.
The students can then post their thoughts on the article and even link
one of their own. Each student would
have an opportunity for their voices to be heard and hear what others have to
say.
In my government class, we could look at current issues in
the city or the state. It would provide
a great idea for students to sound off their opinion on a proposed law. This can give me an opportunity to see if the
students are understanding the material based on their opinions and
comments. The blog could also be used as
a forum for a different student to take charge each week and post an article
for the class to discuss.
I think I could use the blog in the IB Geography class as
part of my warm-up activity. It could
contain a poll or a graph that the students can comment on. I think the use of graphics can be beneficial
to the blog. While I could do this in a variety of formats,
I think the blog would be fun because the students could be required to do it
outside of school and we could discuss the comments the following class.
