Technology has become a huge part of today's education. Now teachers have incorporated Smart boards, Mimios (and related technology), voice thread, and other various forms of technology students can use. Lessons are now becoming based around the internet and different websites that can be used in the classroom.
When I was going through school technology was still uncommon. My teachers used textbooks for everything and taught primarily from them. Now that I am studying to be a teacher, I have realized what a difference it is. I probably enjoy using today's technology just as much as the students do. However, I have never written a blog or used it in the classroom, but I have used them as a resource for ideas to implement in my lessons.
Since I will be a special education teacher, it would be difficult for me to use blogs for my students. Blogs in the classroom would be most beneficial as a means to communicate with my students' parents or guardians. One possibility to involve the students could be to implement a "weekly diary" for the students to reflect on their week. Another idea would be to post pictures of the assignments that we do each week like Karla, a Special Education Teacher, does in her blog.
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