Some ways I can use a blog in my future classroom is for Discussion boards, newsletters, and to post homework assignments. D2L may be difficult to navigate for some students, but the blog is very simple.
If I wanted my class to discuss the reading assigned as homework, I could post an excerpt and ask a few questions to get the conversation going. Students need different aspects when talking about literature because more often than not is something pointed out that one may not have notice when first reading the literature.
I can also use my blog to give ideas to other instructors on what to read, which parts of certain novels are the most rich in detail, and other subject areas along those lines.
I think a blog would be great for Discussion boards for high school and college students. I know a lot of times I don't understand parts of literature until it is discussed in some way. Also, the students might have a better understanding of the story before they come to class if they had already checked out your discussion blog.
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