Blogging Potential

I am still, like many of my classmates in the graduate program I am a member of, unsure how blogs can be used in my teaching practices. This seems to be especially perplexing to my peers who teach primary grades. Many would like to see examples. With this in mind I attempted to goggle for various educational/classroom examples. I was successful with this approach and I found various examples I would like to share with my peers. Unfortunately I will need to complete the search again in order to include some links to the examples I found interesting. Richardson shares his beliefs of what "is" or "is not" a blog, but when you did the search like I have described I seemed to encounter some examples Richardson would not necessarily categorize as a blog. Look for links to examples of blogs used for educational purposes in my next posting. I think the most important thing we can do to explore the idea of blogs and education is to approach our investigations with a very opened mind. I think through our discussions and personal investigations we will find many potential options students will willingly "buy into".

Something New!

I am a novice blogger as I have not had any previous experience with Blogs prior to this moment. I am a teacher and a student near Washington, D.C. I currently have conflicting feelings about blogs. I am a little uneasy about posting my personal thoughts and ideas, but after reading the first few chapters of Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts and Other Powerful Web Tools for Classrooms by Will Richardson and many of my classmates' blogs and can appreciate the potential value blogs have to offer. I am looking forward to the adventure we/I have started and I am interested to learn more about the opportunities Web 2.0 has to offer for students in the classroom and around the world.