U.S K-12 Blogs

The first blog that I found was for a 7th grade math teacher in Decator, AL. Her name is Jeanne Simpson, and she teaches at Cedar Ridge Middle School. Her blog is called Seven West Math.She uses her blogs to connect with parents and students for things that they are working on, what happened in class for that day, and concerns that parents might have. She also has a blog that she talks about different things, life helpful tips for teachers, games etc. She also has a blog that students go to, to get homework assignments and they have links to help sites.



The second example of teachers useing blogs that I found was an article in the New York Times about Marisa L Dudiak in Frederick County, Maryland. She is a second grade teacher who had her students write about the field trip, where they had gone to the Native American Farm. Her students were so talkative about the day they had that instead of facilitating a class discussion she had they tell about it in the blog. They wrote about learning to use a bow and arrow, sitting inside of a tepee, and petting a buffalo.