I just finished reading "The Educated Blogger: Using Web logs to Promote
Literacy in the Classroom" by Huffraker. Blogs are a new tool to me as I have never used one in the past but Huffraker claims that they are excellent tools to promote literacy across a number of different subjects. The blog is unlike the diary or journal of old in that it is intended for an audience. Since the blog has an audience in mind it is a means of storytelling and storytelling is a means to promote and sustain literacy (Huffraker, 2005). For example, students may post short stories for their peers to read and make comments.
After reading the article I came up with some ways I could try to use blogs in kindergarten:
1. Create a blog for each student and have samples of their work posted to the blog so that their parents, guardians or grandparents could follow along from home. The students just love to tell their parents what goes on in the classroom and this avenue would give the kids a visual to go with their story! I'm sure busy parents who cannot always visit the school due to work, etc. would love to be able to keep up with their child's progress.
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