The readings on Weblogs suggest that there are endless possibilities for their use in the classroom. These can range anywhere from posting important information to communicate with students and parents, using blogs for literature responses, providing additional resources to students, having students create portfolios, and collaborating with classmates, family members, and the rest of the world. True blogging involves reading, writing, reflecting, and synthesizing. These literacy skills are all addressed by the NCTE and IRA ELA standards and developing these skills will help students in the newly emerging, highly competitive job market (Richardson, 2010).
The blog that I have been following this week is titled, “Joy For Life,” and is authored by a yoga instructor. I try to practice yoga on a regular basis and learning more about bringing yoga practices into my everyday life is a topic that I am interested in. The author of this blog posts 2-3 times per week and offers advice and uplifting thoughts for dealing with unpleasant things that life may throw at you. She has posted some YouTube videos that relate to her blog. There are not many comments on her blog posts. She does have her blog linked to both her Facebook and Twitter pages. This is obviously a personal blog and does not relate specifically to classroom use. However, it could be used for the inspirational messages that it sends and to show students that they can create and publish based on their own interests.
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts and other powerful web tools for the classroom (3rd edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
The blog that I have been following this week is titled, “Joy For Life,” and is authored by a yoga instructor. I try to practice yoga on a regular basis and learning more about bringing yoga practices into my everyday life is a topic that I am interested in. The author of this blog posts 2-3 times per week and offers advice and uplifting thoughts for dealing with unpleasant things that life may throw at you. She has posted some YouTube videos that relate to her blog. There are not many comments on her blog posts. She does have her blog linked to both her Facebook and Twitter pages. This is obviously a personal blog and does not relate specifically to classroom use. However, it could be used for the inspirational messages that it sends and to show students that they can create and publish based on their own interests.
Richardson, W. (2010). Blogs, wikis, podcasts and other powerful web tools for the classroom (3rd edition). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
