Hello to all,
Like the rest of you I have been assigned creation of a blog for GA Virtual.
Currently, I teach English and spend most of my time with my web page, rather than a blog. I have found that my webpage becomes one of my most important teaching documents. On it, I keep a record of what we have done in class on that day, assignments and handouts, and I have even convinced some administrators that it can also serve the purpose of a lesson plan. In all, a web page ends up being a technological tool that can help organize and drive my instruction. Plus it helps that it also serves as a means of parent/student communication and transparency.
As I have read and reflected upon several of my colleagues' blogs, I can see more potential with this tool as well, and can see how it might also be a substantial asset for both hybrid and completely online instructional models. The level of communication that the blog provides can transcend the one-way communication of a teacher generated web page. With the blogging students, parents, colleagues, any one can directly communicate with me about whatever assignments, lessons, or ideas I present on the web page. And this level of communication is essential for learning to occur.
As an online teacher for the last decade, I have used assignment dropboxes, discussion forums, and announcements but all within a specified educational platform such as Blackboard, Angel, ecampus, etc. With the blog assignment for GA Virtual I am noticing that some of these platforms might be supplemental to the open nature of the world-wide web.
I hope to explore the potential of using blogs as I get more familiar with the wonderful and exciting world of GA Virtual.
Happy teaching,
Chris
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