Blogs are great tools that teachers can use for their own professional development. When it comes to new teaching techniques, blogs are a great way to read about a technique and how it worked out in other teacher’s classes. Let’s say that a teacher just learned about a wiki and wants to find out how well it works in a classroom. Before teachers use it in their own room, they can go to different blogs and read about other teacher’s experiences using a wiki. So, blogs can be used as resources when it comes to debating whether or not to try something new in a classroom. Blogs are a great way for teachers to glean new ideas to use in their classrooms.
Teachers can also use blogs for support. A teacher is able to write about their feeling, frustrations, and joys that come with teaching. When blogs are used for this reason, many people can read about a teacher’s personal experience and respond to it. There are other teachers, professionals, or people who can give suggestions or just relate to that teacher.
Lastly, teachers can use blogs as a journal of what they are doing in the classroom. This can be a tool that they use for professional development because other people can respond to what they have written. They are able to get feedback and suggestions about teaching.
In conclusion, these are only three ways that blogs can be used for a teacher’s professional development. There are endless ways that teachers can use blogs. If anyone has any other ideas, I would love to hear them. One of the blogs that I read and find to be helpful is The Fischbowl and can be accessed at http://www.thefischbowl.blogspot.com/. Make sure to check it out. It is a great blog and I find many of the posts interesting.
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Emily, you've chosen a blog written by an outstanding educator, Karl Fisch. You will learn a lot by reading and thinking about what he says. Are you familiar with his videos?
Your description of how teachers can use blogs as part of their own PD is very well done.
You commented on Karl Fisch's blog about the importance of a name. Librarian may be outdated but everyone understands it. I don't like Media Center Specialist, it implies I know something. I read somewhere about the Library being named Learning Hub. I like that. So could I be a Learning Hub spoke? (like the spoke of a wheel)
I like the idea of using a blog as a journal of what a teacher may be doing in a classroom. I guess I never really thought about the possibility of using a blog as journal. I think that it is a great way to reflect on how things are progressing or how things may need to be changed in regards to the teaching methods or activities usd on any given day.
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