Creating a Classroom Blog

One of the most beneficial steps for beginning the transformation of a classrooom is the creation and regular use of a classroom blog. It's ideal for showcasing student work and providing extra information about everything from homework to classroom projects. Parents can subscribe to alerts so that they are informed of new posts or updates. Further down the line the blog can also be used to allow moderated discussion controlled by you of course. In the first instance you'll want to keep things simple and couple short passages of text illustrated with an appropriate image. Before going any further it's worth considering some common sense safety points. Let parents know what's happening through an information sheet and ask permission for including their children in class photos. It's usually reasonable to do this so long as full names aren't posted or other sensitive information such as times and meeting places for example for school trips. If there is any concern about the posting of student images then they can be restricted to student work or similarly unsensitive items. Although I like Wordpress I'd recommend Google's Blogger since it allows the posting of videos and a single account allows single sign in access to a whole range of transformative classroom technology tools.