For this school year one of my goals is to embrace the power of technology and use it to better equip our community with information and knowledge. What the inclusion of a Blog is doing to our school however goes beyond knowledge and information. Considering technology as a vehicle to spread information is rather linear of me. Instead our Blog is creating a culture of collaboration and of content creation. Using a blog is a creative process. Teachers have responded with enthusiasm and interest. Children have been commenting. Parents have been volunteering via the web! Old methods of sending messages home on paper is wasteful and one dimensional. Our school blog is totally interactive.
In 7 days of Blogging our stats are as follows:
- 418 total visits to the site
- 88 visits on our busiest day
- 26 posts from the staff
- 3 teacher created blogs linked
We are excited for what the coming months hold. We feel quite comfortable saying that the existence of the School Blog and related Classroom pages will transform the results of better communication with homes and community. Our teachers will also certainly view the medium as a valid learning and teaching tool.
Can’t wait to see where this goes!
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