WEBLOGS REFLECTION

Can Weblogs play an important role in my classroom? As I reflect on the use of Weblogs in my classroom; I would say there is potential for this to be a valuable publishing tool. Students who struggle with poor hand writing skills definitely could benefit from the use of logs. Using the keyboard to respond to a writing prompt, would be less stressful than having to write manually with pencil and paper. Students who are not stressed can spend more time thinking critically and analytically writing and reflecting. According to Richardson (2009), students are already blogging, however, only a few of the students are blogging using their sites as places of critical thinking and analytical writing and reflection.
As a future teacher, I should model Weblogs as a tool in my classroom; pointing out the appropriate ways to use logs. It will be important to show students why it's important to keep writing and to keep learning. As the book suggested, I would start small by using Weblogs to post homework assignments and class links. After obtaining the proper permission and introducing students to consuming information in different forms, I could have students read and write a response to what they have read. No matter which way I decide to use Weblogs, my role as the "connector," is to make sure students, parents, and administrators are clear about my expectations and the reasoning behind it.