Earlier in the year when I started this degree and I found out that I had to complete a blog, I was secretly freaking out. I don’t find myself a great writer, why do I need to write my ideas down, or what could I really say and how much time was this going to take? Now that I have set up my blog and I weekly add my thoughts, I have found it to be great benefit. I have been able to go back and read what I wrote and reflect on my learning. And should I say that I actually enjoy blogging!

I now find myself thinking about the possibilities that using a blog could be implemented into teaching and in the library. In the classroom a blog could be used to update parents about what it happening in the classroom, celebrate student learning and success and as a way to connect with the parents, especially those that we may not see very often.

In the library it can be used to promote what is happening in the library – new books, student work, book week, teacher librarians thoughts. It can be a way to get students to connect with the library and comment and give their thoughts and opinions.

I am certainly very open to using a blog in the classroom and eventually in the library because it shows what is going on and provides a way to connect.