Topic 5 Blogs

I have been using Blog ed at school for a number of years. This is the nsw DEC version and it can be selected to only be available internally to staff and students through their DEC portal or be available online. Ours is only available to our school at this stage.

My first was a Blog for the Student Representative Council to communicate what we were working on and for sharing achievements etc. It evolved from a single author (teacher) blog with a few comments made by students a few years ago  to this year’s version which has multiple authors  (the SRC members) who create posts and make many decisions regarding layout etc. They love the sense of ownership they have. They have become the teachers as they have had responsibility to ensure that students and teachers in their classes know how to access the blog  and make comments.

 I also have a general library blog where library related events and info for students  is posted and discussed. There is also a third one which lists all new resources which are added to the collection.  

The issues I have are:

·         finding enough time to keep blogs up to date and relevant.

·         finding time to promote them to students and staff.

·         Students forget about them and only view when reminded or when they are used in library lesson.( Out of sight out of mind.)