I figured it out! I figured it out! My computer wouldn't let me go to the web page from the link that was on our e-mail, so once again the library computers have saved me! I think blogs would be a fantastic, and environmentally friendly, way to keep parents updated on what was happening in the classroom. Also parents could communicate questions to teachers and to other parents through the comments section on the blogs. I could see where this might be a problem if you had a disgruntled parent who decided to express their opinion to all of the parents without talking to the teacher first, but in general I don't think most parents would act that inappropriately. At this point I know that most schools do not allow or encourage this type of communication with parents, but I think the more teachers who push for this to become acceptable, and the more expensive copy paper becomes, the more likely schools will be to change their current policy.

I can also see using blogs in place of traditional written journals. (Again this would be the environmentally friendly and economical way to go. Blogs would definitely be cheaper.) I think students might feed of each other's ideas. A lot of students seem stumped when it comes time to getting started with their journal, but you always have those one or two students who know exactly what they want to say. If the other students had these posts to encourage them, they would write more. HKM