Teachers lead extremely busy lives, they teach from roughly 8am till about 3pm, stay late to mark or create lessons and then go home to start it all over again the next day. So when exactly do they have time to blog? Why would they if they barely have time to do anything else besides teaching? Well the answer is quite simple really. It helps exercise the brain. It allows educators to think critically about their day and gives them a chance to express their thoughts. Teachers can also use blogs to share idea’s with parents, students and even other teachers!
In general Teacher Blogs are all about sharing classroom experiences. Some blogs are more student focused which means they allow students to add their work. Other blogs are just personal to the teacher with no contribution from the students. However there are some teachers that do both, they share student videos or photos while still keeping it a personal blog. I personally think it would be more interactive if students could see and share their ideas with their teacher/peers through blogging.
After doing some research I have found my top three blogs that I would recommend anyone to follow.
This has got to be my favorite teacher resource! This website is a collaboration of blogs, posts and more by millions of teachers. If you ever are stuck on how to teach a lesson or even just need help with a troubled student. I’am positive that this website will be able to help you. Every teacher should be following this website for the latest trends, topics and events happening in schools everywhere. This website has three titles, Topics, Video’s and Community. In the “Topic” section you can find resources that can help teachers implement various learning techniques in the classroom. The “Video’s” section is evidence of these learning techniques working. “Community” is a space where teachers can communicate and share thoughts/ideas.
Miss Cassidy’s Classroom blog is a very close second to Edutopia. Miss Cassidy is very dedicated to her blog, she has a page for each student in her classroom! She clearly cares about blogging and spends a lot of time doing it. The fact that she has a page for each student is really helpful when it comes to parents. Parents can go to this blog and see how their child is progressing without having to directly talk to Miss Cassidy herself. These separate pages are also beneficial for the students, it seems they are made by the students themselves! This encourages collaboration between students because they can see each-others work. Miss Cassidy really thought about the benefits her students can gain from a blog when she made it which I think is pretty progressive.
Diana blogs about everything it seems. She includes her personal life, controversial topics, supply deals and healthy living. In her newest post she talks about a movie that is about to be released in theaters. This has nothing to do with her life as an educator but about her life as a mom. I liked this because she can connect with other teachers on this level. I’m sure most teachers have families and a blog like this would help them plan events with their children. The Toronto teacher mom in her “Back to School” section makes teachers aware of current sales at stores like staples or Walmart. This teacher seems to include everything in her blog which I enjoyed, it was different than the typical teacher blog.
There are so many blogs online and while these are the top three in my opinion there are so many to pick from.
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