Blogging may be a very worthwhile endeavor. I can use a blog to keep a calendar of assignment due dates, offer students opportunities to ask questions, and place links to turnitin.com and classzone.com - sites students have to use for my class. It would also be a place for parents to get some information about class.
I don't really have concerns about education blogging. I think my students would enjoy interacting in this way, since so many are on-line for a few hours a day already. It may also give students who shy away from speaking in class a chance to have a voice.
I had my ELL 8th graders at Crary blogging last year. We used Oakland schools. They were supposed to blog with Pierce kids about books they read, but Pierce wasn't able to get their kids online soon enough. It was a great idea, but it was a pain getting the kids temporary email addresses and having them registered. My class was small. I can't imagine trying to do it with a larger class. I wish the school
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