1. A New Plateau for Reading and
Writing

2. What are blogs?
• Blogs are online discussion or sharing tools that
allow users to share opinions or information via
the web.
• Blogs can include text, photography, or video.
• Blogs have comment sections that allow visitors
to continue the conversation.

3. Why should we blog?
• Blogs can be used by students and teachers to express
opinions or to share knowledge without constraint
• Involve highly in engaging reading and writing
• Blogs encourage discussion and help conversations to
continue beyond one voice
• Provides a platform for those that may not be able to
communicate orally
• Blogs can help teach responsibility and online etiquette
• Provides a true audience for student/teacher writing
• Blogs can be used as a tool for assessment
• Blogs are easy to use and are fun!

4. Ideas for Blogging
• Classroom Blogs
▫ Sharing information about the classroom with parents
▫ Class discussions about learning opportunities in class
(field trips, visitors, vocabulary words, etc.)
• Student Blogs
▫ Student reflection tools
▫ Assignments (Group/Individual)
▫ Assessment tools (Formative/Summative)
• Teacher Blogs (Professional Development)
▫ Reflection over methods or sharing effective methods/
strategies
• School Blogs
▫ Sharing school information quickly to communicate with families
• Team Blogs (Grade Level or Subject)

5. Free Tools for Blogging
• Google’s Blogger
• WordPress
• Weebly
• Edublog
• Kidblog