Classroom Blog.

I never thought that I'd be one to actually have a "classroom blog" for my students.  I've spent the last hour and a half playing with my blog that I've created and have actually became really excited with the idea and the potential that it holds.  I teach social studies to 8th grades who think that the act of using a text book is a difficult and impossible task! So I tried to help them out a little bit and create a classroom set of folders with class notes and other important infomation for them to use while in the classroom and sign out if they needed to keep them for the evening.  Nonetheless, I had a limited number and not every student was able to get a folder if they needed it.  By having a blog,  I have gained the realization that I am actually capable of taking everything in those folders and put on  this blog for all my students to access whenever and where ever they pleased!  I am a young teacher (only 25) and I've always thought that I was pretty familiar with the use of technology. But after taking this course, in the matter of just a couple of weeks, I have been exposed to a whole new world of possibilities! I was dreading school starting back and was slipping in to a state of depression with the date of August 7th creeping closer and closer (as most teachers on summer vacation do).  But now, I'm pretty excited!