BP12_2009123_Tool#4(blogs)

Blogs, blogging or blogger any way you call it, blog is a web 2.0 tool I have come to love. This web-publishing tool allows me to post anything from text materials to artwork and even videos quickly and with ease. I find my blog site to be very user friendly and fun. I can easily change the look of my blog web site by the click of few buttons. There is no guesswork when it comes to maintaining a blog website. As a student one thing I like about blog is the convenience it provides me. I can access it from anywhere at anytime. There are no special technical skills required to be a blogger. Just create your blog web site, choose any topic and blog away. I am writing a blog on blog. How cool is that! Blogs are excellent tool for teachers. Besides using blogs as a communication tool with students and parents, teachers can use blogs for collaboration, as a motivational tool, and discussion forum. There are a lot of things teachers can do with their students using blogs. You can use blogs to differentiate instruction so that all of your different types of learners are learning at their optimal. Blogs can be used for writing and reading assignments. It is an excellent tool to integrate into writing activities, especially for students who are not so fond of writing. Blogs can also be used for classroom management. According to the posting by Teaching Today, blogs can serve as a portal to foster a community of learners. They can be used to inform students of class requirements, post handouts, notices, and homework assignments, or act as a question and answer board. Blog is an excellent tool for teaching and blogging is a great skill to add to your list of mastered skills as an educator. You owe it to yourself and your students to start blogging. (http://teachingtoday.glencoe.com/howtoarticles/blog-basics). To get started with blogging, go to www.blogger.com and create an account. It is as easy as ABC. Happy blogging!