What makes a good blog?
To me a good blog is one that has the information it's readers want to read. You can have all the bells and whistles, but without solid content it is nothing but rambling.
Blogs can enhance a school's presence by being more accessible to parents, and students. By allowing parents to go online and read what is important to them they feel more connected. Parents can check events so they don't miss anything important. Students can stay in touch with assignments they may have missed due to an absence.
By allowing comments, parents feel they can communicate as with the class/teacher and not just be a visitor.
Blogs do make it easier for people to publish their thoughts on a subject. It allows teachers to publish ideas in a way that could never have been done even 25 years ago.
Look at our class, 21 Things, we are able to publish our assignements, our reflections on what we have learned online without ever having to have someone else to edit. We can view our classmates' blogs and comment on their reflections without ever having to actually see them face to face.
That, is the only downside I find. This makes the need for actual personal contact absolete. That is something we need to be wary of and I say this as a person who loves technology and all the possibilities.
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