Blogging in my future classroom

David Warlick

This link was really great. I saw a new way of blogging. I just thought it was something for people to just put random stuff on a page and hope people are going to see what they do, but I was totally wrong. Warlick really expressed how he felt as a person and as an educator. He really showed his deepest sides of him and really put all his feelings out on the page. I was really touched because I didn't know what to expect, and this whole thing exceeded my expectations. I really enjoyed ready what he had to say and how he wrote. He typed as if he were writing a personal novel and as if he was speaking straight to me and not just put it on the computer. I see blogging as a way to express how your day is going or even just a random event that happened in your day. It's great to see that people put their feelings out on a page and it can really mean something, and as you read what they say it feels as if they are speaking to you personally.

As a future Special Ed teacher I won't be able to use blogging as much as other teachers. I do have the situation of having students that are not able to type or ones that can't speak. As a future educator though, I would love to use blogging. I think it's a great way for students to express themselves and a way for them connect to other students in a different way. For those students that can't type, I would have them tell me what they wanted to say and I would type it for them. Even though some might have disabilities, they would be able to blog along with the class and they wouldn't feel left out. Also, for the students who can't speak, this would be a great way to put their words on type. They wouldn't be able to tell me what they think or even participate fully by speaking to the class so they could easily blog about it, or even post it to me as the teacher. There are so many great ways I could use this for my future classroom and even though I will be faced with obstacles with my students, I will be able to use the whole blogging technique. I also think using blogging in my classroom would be great because the students do get tired of writting everything by hand and when they do get to touch a computer their faces light up so brightly and it's great to see that. So I think I would use it to change up what they do on a regular basis from paper and pencil to using a computer and being able to type what they feel or want to say.