Teachers Using Blogs in the Classroom

At Richards Elementary School in Whitefish Bay, WI the fourth grade students have started using blogs as part of their curriculum. The site lets students, parents, and community see a calendar of upcoming events to prepare for and look forward to. The teacher has posted friendly reminders, newsletters, links to websites of their "keypals" which is the equivalent of "penpals" when we were that age. This particular teacher posts assignments and updates her posts on a daily basis. She also has a link to a more personal classroom blog that really just has to do with her students and not so much the parents and community.