Blog Use in U.S. Classrooms

Mr. Miller's class

Miller Has the Right Idea

One of the blogs I discovered while searching the Internet was created by an English teacher in Branford, Connecticut. Miller's English 10 Classroom Blog and was created by Mr. Miller, a tenth- grade English teacher at Branford High School.
This is a very detailed and informative blog to keep his students up to date with what's going on in the class. Mr Miller posts to the blog at least once a week with information for his students. There are also links on the blog for assignments, vocabulary lists, a classroom wiki (which I loved) and an email link to the teacher. Students are also required to post to the classroom blog periodically, adhering to the school rules. This teacher is innovative and is encouraging his students to use technology to broaden their scope of learning. He wants to not only introduce his students to the technology available but also educate them on it's use. Visit this class blog. You will be impressed.

New School Year, New Blog

I also found in my research a brand- new blog created by a third grade teacher from Michigan. Mrs. Myrmel teaches at Bauer Elementary school in Hudsonville, Michigan. Mrs. Myrmel's blog is a way to welcome her students to third grade and to inform them about what lies ahead (they will be studying butterflies this year). Mrs. Myrmel also encourages the students to leave comments which she will reply to. It is a way to introduce third-graders to the use of blogging which I think is remarkable because I'm not sure most third graders even know what a blog is. This is a great way for them to learn to use the technology. The blog is new this year so it doesn't have a lot of information on it yet. I will be checking back with Mrs. Myrmel periodically to see what new posts she makes. Check out her blog for some great ideas!