What are the concerns of blogs and blogging in education?
Of course there are concerns where blogs come into play. The content needs to be relevant to what the blog is about, verbage needs to be looked at carefully (as emoticons can only go so far in trying to communicate feelings), and who can view the blog is a huge concern, as well as pictures or names of underage children appearing on the web. These are all concerns that should be looked at carefully. Certain students do not need picture of them or their name to appear on the web for safety reasons. Others seeing your blog that may intend harm to children should concern all of us. One of our readings stated this, "Predators do their homework." That has stuck in my head; I’m not too sure it will ever leave. We must be concerned of safety above all else when we take the lives of innocent children in our hands. The internet and blogging can be a blessing and a curse. We must proceed with great caution at all times. The moment we let our guard down something can happen; we simply cannot take that chance. Blogging daily from your classroom can be wonderful if their parents only are invited to join in to see. We cannot allow anyone and everyone to see what is going on in our classrooms.
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