How can I integrate blog into my math curriculum

I have been wondering how I would integrate blogs into my classroom and I have resolved that I will be using it as a closure activity to each topic. I am in the process of sending home opt-out letters to parents so they can decide if they want their students participating in this activity. I found this really cool math blog that I want to follow. It is http://wildaboutmath.com

My classroom blog

I am very excited about setting up a blog for my classroom. I teach ninth grade Algebra and twelfth grade Algebra recovery this year and already I am imagining using the blog as a means of writing assignment. I usually have my students write letters to other students who have been absent explaining what the lesson was about and giving their classmates pointers on how to solve a particular problem. Now I believe I can take this same paper and pen activity and make it into a blog activity. I am also thinking of posting the daily assignments, reminders and announcements on the blog. I have to get permission from my AP and Principal first before going ahead with this plan. I ran the idea by my English AP and she was excited about it. She even recommended that I do a PD on this on our designated PD day in November. I told her sure. I was also thinking that it would be a very good forum for my principal to communicate with his teachers and students on a large scale since we do not have general assembly.

Updated feeling

This is starting to feel great. I am enjoying every minute of this.

Parents responsibility to homeschooling

Can you believe it? Some parents actually believe that when they enroll their child in cyberschool their job is finished. I was appauled at the fact that one could think this way. When you opt to take your child out of the traditional classroom setting, you become responsible for that child's future. Not many parents are quite ready for that transition, yet they want their child to be homeschooled. Yes it is good to have options, however if you are not ready and willing to face the responsibilities that rest on you as a parent then you are not fit to mar your own child. That child needs to be in a disciplined setting. I feel annoyed when parents say 'o thats the teacher's responsibility.' So what is your role in the whole scenario. Even when children attend the traditional classroom setting the parents are responsible for ensuring that their child completes the required assignment each night. If they have opted to do cyberschool they should have the time and patience to supervise their child as they try to accomplish the various tasks online and or on the computer. Not think that 'o my child is smart, he can just look at the computer and know what to do.' No one is underestimating the capacity of your child however they are judging you and your mental health because you must be a little off to think that cyberschool does not require strict supervision.

So to all the parents who are thinking of cyberschool make sure you understand the awesome task that lies in your hand in supervising your child to ensure that they succeed.

My first blg

Whew this is all new to me. I am actually writing my first blog in history. I am excited yet I feel like I am not yet ready for this challenge. I teach high school math and I am pursing my Masters in Instructional Technology at Walden University. I am enjoying the course so far and I am confident that at the end I will be an expert at this.