Blogs in Education

1. There are many different blogs that can be found in search engines. Many of them are also being used in interesting ways within k-12 classrooms. For example, some blogs give learning tools or websites that help with a specific subject. Another blogs show how to use technology in the classroom. Other blogs are specifically set up for an elementary schools, and give details/events at the school. Finally, other blogs connect communities and the classroom. Each blog tends to have their own idea, purpose, and individuality. This is why many blogs are not the same in subject and can be used in many different ways within a classroom.
2. Aggregators are very useful within a classroom. They reduce the time and effort needed to regularly check websites for updates. For example, one aggregator I looked at gives information about schools across the United States. It is like a newspaper that shares new information that happened that day within different education school systems. I could use this aggregator in my classroom to keep updating on new education news that in happening all over the United States.
3. Using aggregators and blogging can be very helpful and have a positive impact on k-12 students. Students can find all sorts of new information that is for the most part reasonable and new. They are good uses for students. Most of these are reliable and there is a variety of them, which is helpful so you student’s don’t always run into the same information over again.
4. One pro of using aggregators is that the information that shows up on these is normally new. The information is fairly new and recent. Also, blogs and aggregators can give helpful advice to teachers on subjects they can teach in the classroom. This can help them think outside of the box and come up with new ways to teach ideas. One bad thing about aggregators is that it could be difficult for students or parents to use. This could cause a problem for them if the teacher asked a student or parent to look at stuff on an aggregator website. Another con is that aggregators can be very time consuming. Sometimes it is difficult to find what you are looking for on an aggregator. This can be frustrating and time consuming.