Reflection #2

What?
I've been thinking about the effectiveness of having a blog for college courses for writing assignments, sources for websites and as a way to communicate with your professor and fellow students. It puts everything in one place: future assignments, your past assignments, not to mention giving your notebook a break from a million papers.

So What?
So, I think more professors need to tap into this resource. It's free, it's (relatively) easy and it's eco-friendly. I like knowing that I can find everything pertaining to the class all in the same place. I also wish more professors would take advantage of Discovery. If you don't want to do a class blog, just utilize something that is already there! It helps eliminate miscommunication and is easy for the professor to keep everything in one place as well.

Now What?
I am hoping to take advantage of the technology available to me when I am a teacher. If possible, I will definitely have a class blog or website where students and parents can go to find information they want and also a way for me as the teacher to communicate with everyone at once. I won't have to worry that notes that were sent home have gotten lost along the way. Assignments could be posted online and also exceptional work that students have done could be put in an online gallery for all to see - pictures of artwork included!