Purposeful Blogging

A blog should be a tool to generate a sense of community by engaging the read/write component to Web 2.0. My goal in using a blog with students is to increase engagement surrounding content developed in the classroom. As a teacher of 4th grade students studying language arts and social studies, blogging can encourage students to higher order thinking skills as defined by Bloom's taxonomy. Students will need continued instruction in what a blog is and what it isn't. I will continue to use it as a way to engage my reader's in the thinking process involved in text. I would like to expand with links, places for my students to visit for research and various activities and then respond with feedback and thought-provoking dialogue.