Bloggin' ?

When I was first introduced to the blogging experience years ago, I thought it was nothing more than another forum to strictly organize full comments on whatever topic one wished. Now, in our very classroom, it has been proven to be so much more than that! Kids are the future, and technology is the future, so if we combine the two, will we get to the future... faster? Who knows but its a great way to incorporate several different mediums of expression for kids to use. some kids like to run around, some like to draw, some like to write, paint, play music, whatever it is... but now kids are able to virtually explore education and express the ways in which it effects them. 

As a teacher in the classroom, I would utilize blogs very similarly to how Principal Mario Asselin of Insitut St. Joseph in Quebec City uses it in his school everyday. He refers to it as "an extension of the classroom" which I believe is a great way to think of it as. This virtual space is composed of three sets of blogs; a classroom Web space, where announcements are displayed and common interest work is posted; a public, personal communication zone, where students post their work and reflect upon it; and a private personal space, reserved for students’ thoughts and guidance from the teacher. 

"I think it’s the most beautiful tool of the world and it allows us the most magic thing..."

—Florence Dassylva-Simard, fifth-grade student

Blogging is like a virtual diary and what kid would not love to include pictures, stories, assignments, music, and even drawings in their very own blog? Its a new fun way to express the information that they know and have learned in a safe and educational way in the virtual world.