I am not sure what makes a good blog at this point since I am not sure that I have truly seen a good blog. I have looked over many different blogs, mostly as they are related to science, since I teach middle school science. I notice more things that I don't like about blogs and that is that they are too opionated In watching the video it talks about how basically everyone is a "news reporter" (my words, not sure that is what they said in the video) which means anyone can write and "report" on just about anything. So I guess to answer the question, "what makes a good blog", I think a good blog sticks to the facts and is short and to the point.
In saying that, I am interested in how I could use blogs to enhance my classroom. I have had a blog through wordpress before, and I didn't maintain it all. I made a few posts and a few students repsonded, but I don't think it really enhanced the classroom. I have seen blogs used basically as a diary or summary of weekly happenings in a classroom and I am not sure that is what I want to use it for. I already send out a weekly "shoutout" to all the parents about upcoming assignments and important information for the coming week(s). In science a blog could be used by the students in publishing observations and results from on going experiments and investigations w/their class and the "worldwide classroom". Using blogs as a component of problem based learning assignment could be useful for the students in collecting and sharing data and results.
I think blogs are an easy way to self publish, because anyone can set up an account. I do have glogsters accounts setup for my students as well and that is another way of self publishing.
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