Blogs
Blogs in a classroom are such a valuable resource to have. Blogs can be a beautiful outlet for students' beliefs, ideas, and creativity. Some children are bashful and reserved in school and may not be able to convey all of their ideas and expression to the class with verbal language. By using blogs in the classroom, these shy kids may be able to express themselves more freely. Blogs can only open up doors for children and create a unity amongst the class. Instead of students going home and doing homework traditionally, they can now be more excited to go write on their own blog. It gives a student a sense of self of worth knowing that they created something out of nothing. Once the school year progresses, the blogs will become more detailed and more creative.I can not wrap my head around anyone who would be against such a progressive idea. Blogs will keep students updated with homework, events, after school activities and much more. Parents could even benefit from student blogging. Parents could actually see what is going on with their students' classes, therefore making them become more involved.
There are many shy students in classes and I really liked your idea of using blogs so that these students can express themselves without being forced to express themselves in class. Your idea of how parents could see the child's work as well is great for the parent and teacher relationship because they can now both see the progress of the student. I liked your ideas about blogging and think it is a really positive way to bring technology into the classroom.
ReplyDeleteI think you are spot on when you are talking about the bashful student's! I dealt with a child with Asperger's and he was socially awkward, which is a symptom of the disorder. In class he was afraid to express ideas and thoughts because he was self conscious. The kid was a genius and his writing was impeccable but when it came to the social aspect he was scared. When the teacher created a blog he could freely express his ideas. The kids even started making more of an effort to include him in classroom discussions and slowly he came out of his shell. They talked to him about his blog posts and he started to feel more comfortable around them. VERY BENEFICIAL in that case.
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