Blogs can be an effective tool for educational leaders to connect with other leaders, not readily accessible to them. I once attended a conference, where an administrator from the Chugach district in Alaska was providing information on differentiated instruction. Through the use of his blog we were able to obtain various elements of his program and effectively implement them in our school, thus meeting the needs of students on various levels in their educational goals. This was something that was deemed impossible 10-20 years ago, but now educators can share effective tools with colleagues in all parts of the world.
Of course blogs do not only have to be a way for educational leaders to share with each other, but they could be extremely useful in sharing with campus faculty. Through a centralized campus blog, administrators can open the door for their faculty to share ideas and instructional practices that work within their classrooms, thus providing an avenue for cooperative learning in a technological setting. As a classroom teacher it’s not always feasible to sit down with a colleague to share ideas, but being able to do that from my home, at a convenient time for me, it becomes more of a reality.
I agree with your idea in using blogs. I think it would be very beneficial to be able to commnunicate with other third grade teachers from my district and share different ideas.
ReplyDeleteI like the idea of communicating throughout the district. We all follow the same district curriculm, but do not get to to share ideas on how we implement it in our classroom. A blog gives us this opportunity to share ideas.
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