Post #1

Blog Response -First Post

1. Yes, I can see myself blogging. I currently have a classroom website that includes a blog. Having a blog was especially fun when my class had special visitors, went on field trips, etc. It gave parents a snapshot via pictures and videos of what went on during their child's day at school.

2. The advantages of blogging are providing families with information that is relevant on the very day it is released. I have written newsletters for years and they are time consuming as well as updates only once a week.

3. Some of the hang ups of blogging are...it's just another blog. It seems like we get so many updates and announcements that it is easy to ignore blogs. However, I guess it is just as easy to ignore a newsletter.

4. Okay, this question makes me feel like a pessimist. I don't think we could get 100% buy in from the community The main reason being that we have 5 homeless shelters that feed into our school and those students and their families do not have access to technology, This seems like this is always the one argument that comes up time and time again.

5. My blog would replace my newsletter and hopefully emails that parents send regarding questions of what has happened in the classroom that day.