As a student in IT444 it may seem obvious what a blog is...but to others who may not know this article would be a great one. The article includes ways that blogs can be used in the classroom. Suggestions are made to teachers as well. Blogs can provide students with real world application in writing. Allowing students to create class newsletters or portfolios is a great way to make students feel like their work is worth something, that people will see their work. Having students use blogs as a means for them to journal their thoughts on a specific topic. In this way students could use the blog as a classroom discussion tool outside of the classroom. Also, on a classroom management standpoint, blogs could be used to communicate with fellow teachers as well as parents.

Including blogs in a physical education class would be great for the students to log what they have been doing outside of class to stay fit, or log what they have been eating. In this way a teacher could easily check and see in real time how that student is doing.

McDowell, D. (2004). Blogging techniques for the K12 classroom. In B. Hoffman (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Educational Technology. Retrieved June 05, 2008 from: http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/articles/bloggingtech/index.htm