Why I have a class blog...

With re-starting a blog at my new school, I decided to have a think about WHY I blog.

I teach students who are at an age where they need assistance to blog, either fully, or with their spelling when they email me some work... so since i've started classroom blogging it's been very teacher heavy with what does and doesn't go online.

My students will say 'can we put this on the blog', and the answer more often than not is 'yes'... but then on busy days when there are meetings, work to be marked and planning to be done, the blog can easily be  put to the back.

But WHY I blog is because of connection...

Blogging is an awesome way of connecting the classroom with the home (& the wider world!). Connection has been a main goal of mine this term, encouraging families to go on the blog at home and to comment... 

and it's going great!

We definitely have some star commenters, and some whānau I would still love to get onboard, but there is a connection going. I'm not just making blog posts which only I view (kinda like this blog :p), they are being viewed by many people outside the classroom, and there is connections happening!

YAY!!!

I'll finish with one comment on my classroom blog that made my day... this is what blogging having a home/school connection is all about :) 

In my opinion, blogging is achievable and very worth while... if there is an audience.