Blogs are fast becoming a popular tool for sharing opinions, thoughts, concerns, hobbies, recipes; you name it, and people have a blog that you can follow.
Blogs are an essential part of my Personal Learning Network (PLN). My email box probably has entries from five or so different blogs. Do I take the time to read them every day, not always. I quickly scan them for ideas and if it isn't something I need to know, in the trash it goes. However, most of my creative ideas come from reading what other "techie" teachers are doing in their classrooms. When ideas come from other teachers creating digital content in their classroom, I know the teachers in our district will be able to do the similar things.
Blogs are basically a writing tool so they can be utilized in almost any subject. Teachers can use blogs in their classroom to help develop writing skills. Students can use blogs to share their personal interests. Hands-on classrooms can implement blogs as a journal that describes the process that students use to complete projects. Teachers can create a classroom blog and have a job detail for "Blogger of the Day" who, with guidance from the teacher and/or class, writes entries on the blog that share what happened in their class during that particular day. There is an endless list of how blogs can be implemented into the teachers' classroom.
If you're not sure about using blogs in your classroom, try following a few other teachers who implement blogs. See how they use their web space to share about their classroom. Start small and give it a try.
