How educational leaders might use blogs:
Before communicating with a blog one must determine what the ultimate purpose of the blog will be. In David Warlick’s book Classroom blogging: a teacher’s guide to the blogosphere he suggests that first the audience needs to be identified and secondly what is the goal of the blog. In communicating with school stakeholders Warlick gives several examples of how to use blogs effectively. One example is current events. Teachers could focus on technology by blogging about how they are using the technology in their classrooms. Superintendents could blog to the community about the current events going on within the school and making real world connections for parents and students alike. The second example Warlick talks about is curriculum. Teachers can communicate the importance of what students are doing inside the classroom. And lastly, Warlick suggests that internal blogging within school personnel is an excellent way for employees to share what is working in their classroom, what is not working, where they have celebrated successes and how they have learned from their failures (Warlick, 2005). In the text Leading with passion and knowledge:The principal as action researcher, Dana suggests that principals use blogs as a way to post the latest information gleamed from the current action research taking place on a campus. She suggests that it is a great tool to use in modeling the love of writing with students (Dana, 2009).
Reference:
Dana, N. F. (2009) Leading with passion and knowledge: The principal as action researcher. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Warlick, D. (2005). Classroom blogging: a teacher's guide to the blogosphere. Raleigh: Landmark Project.
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