DD-Blogs

=Blogs=

====A blog is a website for journaling. Some blogs are created so the author only can write comments, while other blogs may be created so the author can pose questions and members sign up to comment. Some blogs allow for immediate response without author approval, others may not. It is up to the creator how their blog is done.====

How might reading blogs help a teacher create their own PLN?
Be it a PLC or a PLN, the commonality is the need/want for an exchange of ideas, and practices amongst educators. Blogs provide us with quick information on our own time schedule. It provides an avenue for resource sharing. If I am interested in any subject all I have to do is search for blogs that are about that particular subject, subscribe to it and get busy reading. Our campus PLC provide for one type of exchange, but you could say it is also limiting. Blogs are written around the world about all kinds of things, so one doesn't have to limit oneself to one community or network. The exchange of ideas and practices can be limitless.

Ideas for Teacher Blogs
1. communication with students 2. commnunication with parents 3. communication with other teachers 4. exchange of ideas 5. posing questions of other interested parties 6. resource sharing

My example: [|TeacherBlog]

Ideas for Student Blogs
1. communication of ideas based on specific subject/ or interest 2. exchange of ideas 3. posing questions of other interested parties 4. creative outlet 5. brainstorming among peers 6. gathering information to share with classmates

My example: [|StudentBlog]