More Ideas for Blogging in the Classroom

Here are some ideas for how teachers can use a blog with students in the classroom. This particular list comes from First Class Blogs, an introduction to blogs for teachers, which is put out by TeachersFirst.

• Make a suggestion box for the class or a particular unit and invite students to contribute ideas
• Students take turns writing a "Week in Review" blog entry
• High school students doing lab research can collaborate by sharing their data and findings
• Hot topics on campus, such as the uniforms-or-not debate, can be discussed in a blog
• Critique a web site to practice evaluation criteria
• Write a newspaper sports story covering one of their own sports events
• Report on a vacation or holiday
• Role-play a point of view by having them write a blog entry from a different perspective, like a rock when your doing a geology unit or a person from a different time period.
• Find another class to blog with!
• Comment on Current Events by posting a story and asking for responses
• Report on a field trip
• Write a community tour with pictures

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