OK, so I love the idea of blogging in the classroom, but I have always been asking myself, how can I use blogs in a math classroom? We do not write papers, or write down our thoughts in math class, but after some searching of other math classroom blogs, I think I have found some really good ideas. Looking at the other blogs, a lot of them were to share classroom ideas with other teachers. I got so many new ideas. Also, another blog is used to communicate with students. The teacher posts assignments and videos. Just recently the teacher posted an assignment, pay it forward. Students are required to post their act of kindness with pictures or photos and then fill out a questionnaire about their pay it forward experience. Students then comment on other experiences. This has nothing to do with math, but it can be done easily through a blog. It is probably more meaningful than any math problem.
Blogs are a great way to share students projects. On one of the blog, students shared their comic strips showing how to graph an equation. This is extremely creative! I know students will love this.
Another idea that I really liked, was a review slide show using google presentation. Each set of partners chose a standard/bench mark and made a math problem relating to it using google presentation. The teacher posted the final product to the blog. It was so neat!
Seeing the other math blogs, make me feel hopeful, I guess. I can go the extra mile and bring out the creativity in my students in their math class.
Here are the other blogs:
http://sargentparkmathzone.blogspot.com/
http://croitz.blogspot.com/
