Comments on: Are teacher blogs (for students) a thing now?

By: Trelawney

Trelawney — Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:16:11 +0000

I have read many things about middle and high school teachers having blogs for their students to communicate with them. I have also had friends in college that had professor blogs. Although I have not had personal experiences with them I think that they are a great tool for the students of today.

By: Maria Ku

Maria Ku — Thu, 30 Aug 2007 03:34:23 +0000

We’re just starting at Montera, but we’re told many (most?) teachers have been doing this – posting all class assignments, calendars etc. on their class websites, and keeping weekly email communications with parents going. This keeps everyone up to date and provides some extra backup support for managing assignments. Great resource!

By: Dennis Guikema

Dennis Guikema — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 16:38:35 +0000

This is great. What is amazing is that most teachers at ALC are making classroom blogs and/or websites. This is easy to do w/ blogger.com or google.com/a Our whole school got a domain name and enough email addresses for all staff and students for a total price tag of $10 from Google! Even our school site (http://alcoakland.com) was set up with this. If I can make a site that looks this good, with hardly any tech know-how, anyone can do it!

Over time, we are planning to have all students and families have computers at home with internet access. This is provided for FREE by OTXWest (www.otxWest.org)

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:38:45 +0000

At Westlake, many of our teachers have a “blog-like” way of communicating with students and families. Not all families have regular access to the internet, and not all teachers find this appropriate for their classes, but it’s a great start! Special credit to Tom Hughes who designed and maintains it! http://www.westlakeeagles.org