Blogging in my Classroom

The use of blogs in the classroom can be a great tool to promote student collaboration, engagement and excitement about writing. In my classroom, I would like to set up a writer’s workshop blog. This would allow students to peer conference with one another about their writing pieces. They can post their work and read other students work. Students can then blog with one another their comments, suggestions and compliments. In doing this, students will be eager to produce quality work that they can post. This will also give students practice editing and proofing. Having students publish their work on the computer also allows me to easily access students writing. Usually I have to look through each child’s journal, which is very time consuming. If I have all their writing in one place, I can easily review it and plan for instruction based on students needs. Overall I think that it would be a very positive experience for everyone in the classroom, including me.