Thing #3

 For your Thing #3 post, write about ways that you might use a blog in your teacher education program or your future classroom.

Having been a member of Austin Peay's teacher education program for two years now, I believe that keeping an online blog on educational topics will prove very useful. As teacher candidates, we can use this web tool to communicate regarding our ideas. The posts are also a good "place" to express frustrations, questions, and challenges we find ourselves facing as we move through the program. Through blogging we can get the assistance that we will inevitably need from time to time, and get the word out when we have come up with something useful for teachers. Keeping educational blogs also provides a way for us all to get to know one another as pre-professionals, fostering a sense of community in the College of Education.

When I become a teacher, I will most likely continue to keep a blog similar to this one. I will endeavor to be a part of as many educational groups as possible, and will use my personal blog to post ideas for lessons on which I desire feedback and constructive criticism. Doing this will give my lesson plans the fortification of multiple perspectives. With the help and suggestions of other education professionals and parents or caretakers of children of the same age group I will teach, my lessons will hopefully be as well-polished as possible, and I will be extemely well-prepared. Another possible use of a blog would be to create a group specifically for the parents of my students, on which I would make daily posts reflecting on the day's happenings in the classroom, as well as quick notes of the next day's plans. This would be a convenient method of keeping parents informed and prepared, and would ensure that their children get the most out of their learning experiences from day to day.