Teachers Using Blogs in the Classroom

Will Richardson is a New Jersey school teacher, at Hunterdon Central Regional High School, that teaches journalism and literature. Richardson implements blogs daily in both his journalism and literature classes. Getting students to post their work as blogs allows them to not only edit and critique the fellow classmate's work but to also become aware of their audience and the way other view their work. Blogs allow the students to interact with each other, providing constructive criticisms and compliments. In Richardson's classrooms, students can really help out a fellow student that may not be up to par with their paper and they may even get productive ideas themselves.

Mrs. Thorp is a retired third-grade teacher that really wants to pass on her knowledge to parents and fellow teachers. This blog is truly amazing: http://mrsthorp.com/ . On her blog, Mrs. Thorp provides many links available to parents such as, help your child to be a good speller; helping your child to learn to read new words; what can parents do to help their child's teacher. This blog is a really good one for parents that want to be more involved with their child's learning at this crucial age. They may not know how or where to start, and this blog is a great place to start.