Beginning a Blog
Picture Credit Blogging is a great way to encourage writing in all areas of the curriculum. Before teaching it in the classroom, it is important you plan how you will integrate the blog into your curriculum without creating additional workload. This is not as hard as it would seem. There are many blogs written on this exact topic so I will try to link to other resources that will be useful. When beginning a blog with a class there are several factors that need to be considered. Why Blog with my class? What outcomes will be achieved by blogging? What platform will I use? How will I teach blogging? How will I integrate blogs into my curriculum? How will I assess the outcomes? Why Blog? Blogging encourages writing, grammar punctuation. Blogs can be used for Journalling Responding Reflection Collaboration What outcomes will be achieved? Demonstration of understanding of concepts Writing, grammar, punctuation Co-operation, collaboration Platform?