What do you think about using blogs? What and how do you think blogs would be useful for education? Some people think using blogs in classrooms is a waste of students’ time. How would you respond?

I think blogs are a good stress reliever for everyone who uses them. Also, it can help keep you more organized in the classroom. I believe that a blog could be useful in the classroom and beneficial to the students. It can eliminate a lot of paper work for the teacher and it could be a way to get students more involved with the classroom activities. I don't believe that students using blogs for assignments is a waste of time. It gives them an availability to learn with technology and often times it creates more interest with the students in this technology era.

What are some ways that you could use he technology ideas in Chapter 6 to support your curriculum and student learners?

The use of technology often times assists with the educational experience in many ways. In the day and age kids are very well versed in the uses of the Internet and in many other technological areas. Using a classroom blog would help eliminate the mounds of paperwork, it would give more flexibility by allowing students to turn in homework just about anywhere, and it also offers the availability of peer review. This could overall save the teacher a lot of work as well as creating a more prosperous learning environment for today's youth.

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