Fifth Post

The use of technology in the classroom today is overwhelming and a great addition to learning. In doing some research on the Internet I found two teachers who blog for there students and for the parents. The first blog I am going to explain is Mr. Clung blog . This blog is geared towards middle school students and shows video of his students as well as all the work they accomplish while in class. Its a great tool cause not only can students go on there and see their work and see what has been going on it keeps them active in the learning process. This blog is also great for parents who are very involved in there child's school and want to know what they are learning while they are away at school during the day. Mr.Clung places videos up there of his class as well as other educational videos, he also shows what experiments they do and pictures from inside the classroom. He explains each step and this blog truly shows how involved he is with his students. His blog is also filled with sites for students or other teachers to use in aiding their education. Mr.Clung classroom blog is a wonderful add to his teaching. It engages students and teaches them something new as well as involving the parents.
The next blog that i am going to tell you about is Janice Friese's blog who is a Information Technologist, who decided to blog about her trip to Greece by uploading pictures and information to keep her students informed and learning. The whole blog about her trip to Greece, where she went in Greece, and educational trips she took while there. This blog is geared more to a older group of students, probably ranging from high school to college level. She gives a play by play of what she did and everything. I think its a good tool because for someone who maybe can't go to Greece and read this and see the beauty that is Greece. Her students as well get to learn about something while their teacher is away. Its like she is teaching while being outside the classroom. Her blog was very inspiring and showed the beauty of Greece and gave a great example to her students.

The idea to use blogs in a classroom setting is a great one. It allows students to get involved and allows parents to become involved in there students life's as well. These blogs establish something special between student and teacher as well.