Ways I might use a blog in my future as a successful teacher:
1. Have my students collaborate with each other by having them each create a blog for a reasearch project. Rather than have a stack of papers to grade, I can read their blogs and see what they have researched.
2. I can use it as a diary to record my progress as a teacher by sharing what techniques I used or how I handled a situation in class that day.
3. When evaluating classes as a student, I can record the differences I notice within each class and grade that I observe.
4. As a student teacher I can note things here and there that I want to use in my own classroom when I think of them.
5. Make a blog to help future educators know what to expect when they choose the teaching field.
6. Catalog class assignments for students who may be out sick and for the parents who want to keep up with what their child is to be doing in class.
7. Use the blog as an "extra help" tool for students who may be struggling with a certain topic or skill.
8. Also the blog can be used to keep the parents up to date with photos of their kids in the classroom with various activities we will do. (With the parents approval)
I have been reading a couple blogs on possible ways to incorporate the blogging in the classroom to steal some ideas. I found yours not only easy to read, but extremely helpful! It would save trees and our backs from carrying a hundred stacks of research papers to make their blogs their projects. It is not only easy to access, but easy to check for plagiarism. I am extremely forgetful so using a blog to record methods I have used, and things I have learned will be helpful to, I think, everyone! Great ideas!
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