Using blog to teach efficiently

Personally, I think blog is like a blackboard! Teachers can post things such as class syllabus or class plan on the blog just like they write things on the blackboard. The only difference is that information on blackboard has to be erased after a class, but the information on blog can exist for as long as the blog exists. In this case, it makes teaching more efficient.

Firstly, the student can frequently review teacher's post about class on the blog which saves teacher's time in explaining many things. Using the blog, student may get very clear about questions like what the assignment is for this week, when it is due and what they need to read before the next class. Such infromation will always be available on the blog. In this case, nobody can say they don't know what the assignment is.

Secondly, teachers can offer links to many learning resources for students on their blog. It's convenient for students to check those website links to get useful infromation.

In addtion, not only teacher can post things on blog, but also students can feel free to post their comments and ideas about the study topics. Many students like this kind of interactive learning and would like to read and share good comments and ideas from their peers. Also teacher can get student's feedback from the student's posts. It's a better way to know student's learning progress by reading these posts than reading the assignments only.

Blog is a communication tool!

Blog is a good communicaiton tool in Education. It is a bridge to connect different people involoved in the teaching and learning process. Between the student and teacher, student can get learning resources from the teacher's blog, such as class syllabus, class readings and/or class assignments. For the teachers, they can get student's feedback from the class blog where student post their thoughts. Between student and student, students can learn new things by reading through different posts in the blog that are posted by their fellow students. Also, students can form groups in the blog to disscuss different study topics just like what they do in the classroom. Between the teacher and parents, blog is also a good communicaiton tool, because parents can get various information related to their children's study from the blog, such as the class plan and their children's feedback on certain topics. When parents have any concerns about the class, they can also directly post their questions on the blog and get the response from the teaher. In addition, parents can also join the discussion on the blog to further understand their children's thoughts. Finally, blog also helps teacher and students to connect with other persons who may help in their teaching and learning. For example, teacher can put the links to other person's blog where useful learning resources may be found on the class blog, so students wil be able to access to those persons' blogs and get to know more.