EDU 270 - Blog 8

I have enjoyed this semester of blogging and have had to utilize this tool several times in other classes. I think that blogging gives students an opportunity to fully process the new information that they have learned. In my future as a classroom biology teacher I will require my students to do a weekly blog entry that consists of answering three questions. First, they will have to explain one new concept from this past week. Secondly, they will have to explain how this will pertain to their lives either now or when they are adults. Finally, they will have the opportunity to ask one question about the content from the past week. I will compile questions and answer them aloud to the whole class because I have found that if one student asks a question there are at least two others who were afraid to ask.

I think that allowing more online and word based applications such as maintaining a blog will be helpful for myself and for my students. Not only is it another way to communicate, but it will allow me insight into how to improve my instruction.