Recently I was asked at a conference why was I encouraging my teachers to have a class blog and also begin professional reflective blogs. My response was something in the lines of - one of the greatest desires of parents is to get more information about how their child is doing in class. Their key questions are often: What they are learning? What is the social climate of the classroom? Are they really happy? It is not that class blogs can definitively answer this but they do give a snapshot. They allow parents a portal to see in on the classes learning as a whole and help them facilitate discussions at home. The second reason I have been encouraging the use of blogging is that it provides a portal for students to have learning curated. My students whenever they need to go out on the internet always go via our classes blog . Parents have commented that this is a common routine at home also. I have the key topics tap with learning resources behind these. The blog bec...
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