Applications of Blogs to my Practice

As a future school library media specialist, blogs have several applications to my practice. As a professional I can read other media specialists' blogs to find out what they are doing at their schools; this will give me new ideas to try as well as learn how they deal with challenges, policies, and even everyday routines. I also plan to create my own blog of the same nature, so that others could find out about my media center. For the teacher-librarian role, I plan to create a virtual book club for students (and may do one for parents as well if enough interest was generated). I will also encourage both students and teachers to create their own educational blogs. A teacher, class, small group of students, grade level, or even individual students, could create blogs similar to this one, dealing with a topic of study. I would give support in any way possible, from helping to set up the initial blog to searching for items of interest for the blog. Collaborating with students and teachers in this way will allow me to show support for what they are doing in the classroom as well as introduce them to useful new technologies.