Teacher Blog Ideas

There are several ways for a teacher to use a blog. In this post, I'm going to talk about four of them.

First, you could use a blog as a daily log. Each day you can write about what you did in your class. In this you could include any reading assignments or homework assignments. This is a great way for your students and parents to stay informed about what is going on everyday in your class. The downside to this is that you have to post everyday. This can become overwhelming, especially if you are teaching 3-4 different classes.

To see some examples of Daily Logs from this blog, click HERE.

Second, you could use a blog as a discussion board by having students comment on your posts. You could post discussion questions, pictures, or reading selections. Students could then comment on them.

To see some examples of Student Responses from this blog, click HERE.
To see some other blogs that use Student Responses, click HERE or HERE.

Third, you could use a blog to post about your subject. For example, a reading teacher could write book reviews, a science teacher could write about current science discovers, a French teacher could write (in French) about current events in France, or an English teacher could write about the rules of punctuation.

To see some a reading teacher's blog, click HERE.
To see a Spanish teacher's blog, click HERE.
To see a science teacher's blog, click HERE.
To see a history teacher's blog, click HERE.

Fourth, you could use a blog for student writing. We are always talking to our students about publishing their writing, why not make a team blog where they can? All they need is a gmail account and you can invite them to be a member on your blog. If you don't want to have a team blog, you could have them email their writing to you and you can copy and paste it into a post and publish it for them.

To see a blog featuring student writing, click HERE.