Blogging on a Blog

Ok, so let's be serious. How many parents really want to take time out of their day, every day, to read simple blabbering about what is going on in the classroom? The answer is probably very few. Most parents are overwhelmed by all the other things they have to do in life, such as cooking dinner, helping their child with their homework, and so much more. This is why I love Ms. Cassidy's Classroom Blog. Her blogs are very simple and to the point. There is not a bunch of fluff in her writing, and I also love how she compliments everything with pictures or videos of the children in action. In my opinion, a picture can be more explanatory than language.

I feel that this is a great method, as it allows parents to get more involved in conversation. What is the point in the teacher writing a whole lot of information about something, if parents are not going to read it? Also, you do not promote parent/teacher conversation when all information is provided. Therefore, this is why I find her method of providing a small amount of information a positive way to create a blog. For example, the image below encourages further discussion between both parent and child, along with parent and teacher interaction, about an activity that happened on a particular day in the classroom.

Another aspect that I love about Ms. Cassidy's Classroom Blog is that the children each have their own blog section. This allows the blog to be both a community cite, while also being individualized. Although, parents may not have time to read everything that their child did at once, they can always go back and reference their child's work, which I find to be awesome. Some details that can be seen in the classroom can not always be sent home on a piece of paper. Therefore, through visual representations parents can see all the awesome things there children are doing and learning about in the classroom.

Organization is also a huge key in teaching, and Ms. Cassidy's Classroom Blog displays a great deal of organization. Every post has a specific date next to it, this way parents are not having to continually look for the date in small print. Also, through the archives, parents can go back to specific months and look at their child's previous work. Another great aspect, along side her organization, are the extra sources that are provided through her classroom blog. Ms. Cassidy provides external links that are useful to both parents, students, and other teachers. For example, in the image below, Ms. Cassidy has provided links to an article on reading, a website for parents, teachers, and children to explore, and more!

Overall, Ms. Cassidy's blog contains so many wonderful elements in a very organized format. I hope to have a classroom blog that is as successful and useful to families of my future students someday.