I enjoyed researching the educational blogs. I was excited to find the blogs ranging acrossing the educational field. Commonly, when in a professinal development class, the focus typically is on classroom based instruction. I can already tell that this class will not be the same. It was refreshing to quickly find resources for medica speicalists, special education, and a variety of other educators at a click of a mouse. I was able to bookmark several links which I will use on my own website on many of the blogs. Surprisingly, some links were not on the blog pages within my speciality area. I was glad the lesson assignment was to surf the links because typically I would not have chosen to look at the variety of those classroom blogs.
Due to the nature of my students impairments and educational needs. I believe blogs at this time will best be used by me gathering information to develop information that will change and further develop my teaching style. My student do some work on the computer but very little. I would encourage parents to visit my website/blog at first by posting our upcoming events. Parents would then be able to ask their questions on-line and have discussions with other families. I would also have blogs on current findings in the field of special education and parenting. For example, "How can we make IEP's more parent friendly?" and/or "Reading 10 Minutes Can Improve Your Child's Scores... Where to find the time?" My hope for this would be for the parents to find an on-line support system for themselves. However my greatest concern would be the language use and I would want everyone to be unknown! It would require time and energy but what doesn't?
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