Blogging to Communicate

If you attended the new teacher training last week, you were introduced to the extremely fast version of how to set up a blog. Blogs are becoming such an amazing tool to share ideas and resources, not only in the world of teaching, but everywhere around us. It adds another way for us to communicate with people, especially our kids' parents. Plus, it's FREE!

Blogs can be used just like an electronic newsletter that you keep adding to. Can't remember to get that classroom newsletter typed up, copied and sent home on Friday? No fear... blog at anytime of the day. And... if your parents follow your blog via email, they will be notified every time you post. No more newsletters or notes getting lost in a backpack. Or our students forgetting to write things in their agenda. And don't forget about how much paper you would be saving!

Another use for a blog is a digital scrapbook of your classroom happenings. Now remember, what you post on your blog is ON THE INTERNET and ANYONE can find it, if they look hard enough. So, if you choose to post pictures, artifacts and/or first names of your students you will want parent permission first. So send home a note to ask for permission. However, if you do some searching, there are several blogs out there where teachers will post pictures with only a first name and no faces, students will hold the work over their face instead (it's pretty cute). Decide where your comfort level sits and go from there.

Need support in setting up a blog? You know how to get ahold of me. We can even do it as a group of teachers and all work together.

Get ready, get set and COMMUNICATE!

Jenna