Blogs and RSS Readers are excellent resources to implement in classrooms though out grade levels. An educator can make blogs that students can contribute to or simply use them to document her own thoughts through out the day. They are great because anyone can access them, largely parents at home or work but also other teachers or administrators. Blogs can be updated though out the day so parents can check in to see what their students are doing in the classroom. For older students they could use their own blog for any number of subjects whether it be for an assignment or to solicit help from peers or teachers with homework. At the end of the school year, students can look back through their classroom blog and have it even after school ends as a way to keep in touch. A whole school year can be documented and enjoyed through blog posts. Blogging can open lines of communication between home and the classroom, ultimately improving the educational experience for all parties involved.
Parents, teachers, and students can also use readers to organize their favorite blogs and be able to check updates all in one place. It is a great resource to keep parents and students in the know of what is going on in the classroom. If a student misses a day of school, they could simply check the updates in their reader to find out what they missed. Then they could blog to communicate with the teacher or classmates. Parents can have all of their children’s blog information in one place without having to check many different sites. All the information from the classroom or school blogs can be organized in one place, keeping everyone on track all year.
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