My Favorite Assignment

I have genuinely enjoyed each assignment in this class (once I figured them out). The "Create Your Own Web Blog" was definitely the most challenging assignment for me. I thought I might never figure it out. However, once I did, I thought that this assignment would be the most beneficial thing that I have learned in this class to apply to my own classroom. I have thought so many times about creating a class Facebook or Twitter Page, but I have seen a lot of teachers have issues with that sort of thing. That's where I think the class blog would be the perfect middle ground. While it isn't social media and wouldn't have to include all of the headaches and trouble that come with it, it would be an excellent resource for any classroom. That is why I plan to keep working on my blogging skills and experimenting with it, so that I can implement blogging into my classroom next year. I would make the blog a place for not only my students, but their parents as well. On my blog, I plan on posting things that parents need to know, but often never find out because notes rarely make it home with middle school students. A blog would be a great place to post classroom procedures and upcoming events. This will be especially helpful since I am in charge of planning and fundraising for my students 8th Grade Trip, and am in constant communication with their parents about this matter. Additionally, I plan on using the blog is to post assignments for the students. Since the winter months bring us lots of snow days, a class blog would be an excellent place to post reminders and some small assignments so that the students don't forget the material they have been learning. A class web blog has endless possibilities and has worked its way into this teacher's classroom!