Blogging About Blogging

Hello all!

I am new to the blogging world! These next couple weeks are going to be an adventure for me. Before this class I had never read a blog or looked at a blog, but I hope learn a lot from reading other people's blogs. I think the concept of a blog is very new age and contemporary. Even though I am young in age, I tend to be old at heart. Technology and I do not always agree. I am excited for this blogging adventure though. My hope is to continue to read and explore blogs after this class.

While looking at blogs, I wanted to specifically look at blogs that were about elementary education. I teach second grade at an inner city school. I wanted to read blogs that could help me in my profession. I am a fourth year teacher and am still learning a lot. I think that the blogs that I looked at are great for new teachers to read for ideas from others in the same field. They give lots of tips and resources that are beneficial to the teacher and for the students while in the classroom. These were my favorite 5 blogs that I read as I began my blogging journey:

http://blog.cue.org/?gclid=Cj0KEQjwg47KBRDk7LSu4LTD8eEBEiQAO4O6r_3vNYQakFBMRIQ28wRWH3j1dXXOGnQD1QpJG1tWQKEaAhew8P8HAQ

http://readingyear.blogspot.com/

http://4theloveofteaching.blogspot.com/

http://iteach2nd.blogspot.com/

http://maestrabilingue.blogspot.com/

I think that blogs could be great tools not just for educators and teachers to learn from, but also for older students to read and create. Creating or reading blogs in a middle school or high school setting could be really beneficial.  We do live in a world that is run on technology. Kids these days are really in tune with using computers. Blogging could easily be fit into the curriculum in any content area. Projects could be completed in blog form; blogging is a type of literature and is considered a form of writing. I know that blogs and blogging may not be as relevant in the primary grades for the students, but they can still be great for primary educators. I think that in the classroom we need to better utilize technology and blogging is a great way to do this.

The more blogs I look at and read, the more I like the concept. Most of them had pretty much the same, easy to follow layout. All of them were beneficial in their own way. My hope is that I can create a blog that is enjoyable to read and also informational for the reader. I want people to read my blog and learn something from it, just as I have from the blogs I posted above.
Please leave comments and feedback so that I can edit, revise, and change anything that may not fit or be interesting. I look forward to writing this blog for all my readers! :)