Well, I'm obviously having some issues with my blogging set up skills because my blog isn't listed on the main page of 23 Things. I'm still not sure why that is but hopefully my email tonight will straighten that out.
I think blogging would be a great way to work with other committee's in the school. It is often so difficult to meet and exchange ideas on projects. A committee blog would make it easy to collect and store information, exchange ideas and comments, and work together at inbetween committee meetings. The biggest hurdle is getting teachers to use the technology. I think if they invested some time learning some of the web 2.0 technology they could see how it can really help them effectively use their time.
I'm working with one of our 7th grade ELA teachers as her core class blogs. It's been a lot of fun and the students have responded very enthusiastically. They are blogging about reading. We started with blogging and then added avatars to the blogs. Then we added podcasting. The students enjoy the technology and after the 10 week class is over often comment on how much they miss the class.
The biggest concern at this age is posting inappropriately. For this reason, we use David Warlick's Classblogmeister. Students posts (even their avatars) have to be approved by a teacher before they are posted on the blog. I wouldn't use any other blogging site with students.
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You are doing so many great things - we'll all look forward to learning a lot from your experiences. That's what's so great about blogging - we can all learn from each other.
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