How Educational Leaders Might Use Blogs

Blogging can be used for reading and writing, conversations around topics, communicating with a larger audience or sharing examples from learning portfolios. It can be an effective venue for networked learning. Reading and commenting to one another creates a dialogue that requires persuasive writing and critical thinking. Blogging is a conversation. Comments in a blog should encourage further discussion and be connected to the subject matter. Comments can have a variety of ideas: sharing additional links or resources, making a connection with a new idea, sharing a new perspective or even challenging or debating a topic. Blogging is great opportunity to teach about digital citizenship. Blogs are a tremendous tool for getting students, teachers, and parents involved in educational discussion and inquiry. They provide a simple straightforward platform that promotes involvement and higher level thinking. Students that may be shy in the classroom often open up in the blogging environment. Blogs have the ability to be utilized for multiple purposes. From introductory thinking, to complicated research, a blog has both usefulness and purpose. Blogs can immerse the reader with ideas, interact with an audience, and inspire people to change.