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Implementing Blogging in the Classroom  State of our School Address (regarding Blogging) 3 years ago, we created blogs (WordPress platform) for ALL classroom teachers and resources.

Implementing Blogging in the Classroom 

There was an expectation for teachers to be at least on the first step of the blogging ladder, illustrated in the image below. Their classroom blog needed to be, as a minimum, a replacement of a weekly folder filled with parent-school communication and homework assignments. Teachers were expected to learn how to update their blogs (at least on a weekly basis), insert images and videos and categorize their blog posts. 10 Reasons you should get your class blogging. Kids Love it! This has to be the number one reason. I have spoken to dozens of teachers who have recently started blogging with their classes and the big take home message is that the kids love it. So blogging seems to be an activity that when handled well is a great way of getting students motivated, engaged and on task. Year 5 Class Blog - Publishing to the world.