With that being said...I am excited to incorporate blogging into the variety of ways I communicate with the parents and families of my students. I can now create a "Room 2" blog where I can make a post each day or every few days about what we are doing in class, important things for parents to know and any other information I would like to share with parents. This would be like a daily newsletter except that parents can now respond to my blog and give me their immediate feedback and or ideas. This will open up the lines of communication between myself and the parents, as well as the communication from parent to parent. They can all share parenting tips and other relevant information among each other while establishing friendships and creating a sense of family and community.
I am I like how our classroom blog will establish a two way road of communication rather than a one way road coming just from the teacher. I also think that educating parents on these technologies and making them easy and available will help them stay in touch with the resources and technologies that are out there that their children will have access to. If parents are able to use these resources or at least are familiar with them they may be more likely to monitor what their students are using.
I am extremely excited to get this going and to see how effective this tool can be!
Hi Jenny, yes at such a young age, your students wouldn't have the capacity for blogging, but it is great that you are able to implement the concept among your fellow teachers and of course the students' parents. It is a wonderful way to communicate and maintain involvement without parents having to be present.
ReplyDeleteI'm a little concerned with the idea of allowing open forums between parents as there can often be some aggression caused by jealousy or any slight misunderstanding. This could result in an undesirable, uncomfortable situation for everyone. I believe a simple solution to this would be to make sure you screen each message from parents that is intended for all to see to be sure it is suitable for viewing by all. I also believe that this type of communication between parents should be very structured so they know that the blog is for only positive communication amongst each other. I am trying to figure out how I can create a blog for the same reasons as you so please give any other advice or problems that you think can occur on my blog.
Hi Jenny,
ReplyDeleteIt would be tough to incorporate blogging into such a young aged classroom but the idea to communicate to your parents in this manner sounds like a great idea! I think it would be a great place for parents to bounce ideas off of you and to ask questions regarding classroom procedures or upcoming lessons in the classroom. It would also be a great place to post concepts that will be coming up in the classroom or assignments for parent to look at if they have a child who has been out ill.