O.K....so I am laughing at myself right now. It just took me almost an hour to figure out how to get back onto my blog to do my second blog. Now, if I had been thinking straight, I should have went to somebody elses blog and asked them for help. That is what we are supposed to learn are we not? Again, laughing at myself. So, the question is, How can technology help teachers and what are the advantages?
First and foremost, the younger you can get kids doing these kinds of things the more at ease they will be. I for one had an anxiety attack just thinking about it. Blogging for a teacher could be very useful for communication between the parents/students both. For the parents its a chance to find out what was done in the classroom on a daily basis, because as most of us know, children do not typically share a whole lot of information with their parents. For both parents and students it could be a way of knowing what assignments were scheduled...due dates, etc. especially if the student is out with a prolonged illness. I know that when my daughter was out due to illness for over a week...I had to go back and forth to the school to pick up work and drop stuff off to the teacher. So blogging would have saved me a lot of time.
Blogging is also useful for the students who are afraid to speak up in class. I know I was. I would have been able to share my opinions and thoughts without feeling like everyone was staring at me and judging me. Students can also collaborate with each other on projects they are working on together. Kids today love computers...they are excited to be able to use them...they can relate.
Wow...another successful blog.....now, I just need to do the Yodio thing. I'm sure it's not as hard as it seems. Again, laughing
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