Blogs and RSS Readers are excellent resources teachers can utilize both in and outside the classroom. There are numerous advantages to blogs. Teachers can stay in touch with parents to inform them about the daily activities performed in the classroom permitting the classroom content to be fostered at home. Blogging creates this collaborative environment to allow parents to become more involved in their child’s education. While blogging keeps the parent’s informed, it can be utilized in countless way to create a community of learners. A classroom blog can keep students informed of what they covered that day in class by providing a summary of instruction and posting handouts. Student who missed class that day can refer to the classroom blog to stay updated and complete assignments on time. Blog can also be used to facilitate discussion about a particular topic. In class some students may be reserved and feel more comfortable participating on the blog. Teachers can assess students understanding of content by reviewing posts.RSS readers allow teachers and students to stay updated on the latest information from class blogs to websites. Older students and teachers who need to keep tack of multiple blogs benefit from RSS readers because they inform them about updates in other blogs. Hence, a teacher who has multiple student blogs they need to check can keep track of the students who are completing their blogs by looking at their aggregator. Blogs and RSS readers allow student to better embrace the classroom content outside of school.
