Integrating of Blogging into Curriculum

English, Literature, Reading, Science and History would be easy subjects to integrate blogging into a teachers curriculum. A teacher can do this by cutting out classroom discussions and saving on actual class time and using the discussions in blogs for homework assignments. This creates a fun and new way of learning and teaching where neither the teacher nor the student realizes the labor. By integrating blogging into your curriculum a teacher can see more in detail what a student is trying to say. It seems that with all of this new technology people are saying what they want to when they want to why not take advantage of that in classrooms. Most students including adults participate in the various networking sites that are available on the internet today. Facebook, Myspace, Twitter, Etc. are just some of the most popular networking sites in today’s time. By posting assignments, class schedules, due dates, and even a syllabus teachers and students can broaden the lines of communication between the teacher and student. Also, some students that normally don’t like to participate in class discussions in the class room can use blogging as a barrier for the fear of speaking out. It gives students a chance to think about what they are going to say when they are asked instead of putting them on the spot in front of all there classmates. So by broadening the lines of communication you can help a struggling student understand the discussion and join in, instead of acting out because he or she simply just don’t know the answer.