Blogging in the Classroom

I'm a big blog fan as I love to read a wide variety of blogs ranging from cooking blogs to teaching blogs to personal blogs! Before enrolling in the teacher education program, I stumbled upon a few teachers' blogs and thoroughly enjoyed reading about their first days as teachers, struggles and triumphs in teaching, inspirations, and reflections. It's a great tool for teachers to communicate with students, parents, and one's community!

Some example classroom blogs I looked at are mostly elementary classes and teachers blog about their field trips, class projects, and school events. It's a great place to jot down class memories and upload photos of student work. However, as I reflect upon my high school math classes, I have a difficult time recalling many "blog-worthy" occurrences. On the other hand, having to keep a blog for a high school math class might be motivator to incorporating more hands-on activities and organizing more community activities. One of my fear with committing to a classroom blog is that I won't have many class events to blog about since the last thing I want to do is keep a boring journal that no one reads. However, I think it's a great place to keep track of all the teaching reflections and memories and it might be fun for both the teacher and the students to look back one day.