Welcome to the Region 4 Blog for High School Teachers. My name is Rachel Thompson and I am a Technology Integration Staff Developer.
A blog is an online communication and collaboration tool, similar to a website. It allows viewers to post comments, which you monitor prior to publishing. Your blog allows you to discuss ideas, ask questions, share best practices, exchange knowledge, share resources and discuss student work. Using this medium, we hope to build a community of high school teachers, dedicated to using technology to enhance collaborative teaching and learning.
The purpose of this blog is to create an area where we can share our experiences and ideas about teaching and learning with blogs. Some of us are more experienced than others and I hope that those of you who are doing this in your classrooms can share your experiences, both good and bad, positive and negative, with newbies so we can learn from each other.
Please take a moment to share with us. What is your name? Where and what grade/subject do you teach? What experience do you have with blogs? What ideas do you have about integrating technology like blogs into your curriculum? If you already use blogs, wiki's and/or podcasts in your classrooms, what do you do? Where can we go to see your own blogs or websites?
Please post any questions or other comments that you have or would like to open up for discussion.