Monday, January 12, 2009
Question #9
I enjoyed checking out the classroom blogs. The K/1 blog interested me the most because it is something I can do right now. I appreciated the way the teacher included the slide show from the holiday party. Working parents do not have the luxury of attending those events, and it would be lovely for children to be able to share them with their families via the internet. It would also give parents a better idea of our classroom climate and celebrations. Including youtube videos about concepts taught is brilliant as well. Parents receive a little tutorial that enables them to help their children with the homework, but kids just see it as sharing more with their parents. I would like to implement this type of blog in my classroom. My only concern is that I teach in an area with an extremely high poverty rate, so many parents do not have computers.
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Access to computers at home is certainly a problem. However, since interested parents could go to the local library to access you blog, perhaps it's still worth the effort. Since like many of us, parents may be skittish of technology, maybe a demonstration on a Back to School night could be arranged.
ReplyDeleteAlthough computers are not always available in the home, many low income people have cell phones. As the price of Internet access through cells comes down, more people may be able to take advantage of Internet applications.
Dr. Burgos