Thing #4

Blogging is a wonderful way to show self-expression through writing. It is unrestrictive and real. You can sense what the blogger is writing about and sometimes how they feel as they are typing. In reading blogs of fellow educators, I noticed that they all have different styles of teaching yet there is a consensus about their goal, which is to educate their students. I especially enjoyed reading the “Why I don’t assign homework” blog. I agree with his stance on who will and won’t do the assignments. Only my students already making A's will do the homework, while those who don't care about their grades won't do the homework.

When people can read other peoples’ blogs, they can often learn ways to improve themselves and how they approach teaching habits in their own classrooms. There is an abundance of experience in blogs that you can’t find so easily in everyday life because it’s not easy to see what other teachers do when you are usually only in their own classroom.