Blogs in schools in the U.S.

The first school that I found that uses blogs are the Goochland County Schools in Goochland, Virginia. They had their first taste of blogs in 2003 when certain teachers would create blogs as means of instruction for their students. Now the schools want to integrate the blogs into parent-teacher relations. They call it "Teacher Blog's 2.0." They are encouraging parents to use the blog system to keep up with what their kids are learning and use the blogs to communicate with the teacher.

Goochland County School blog


The second school I found that uses blogs is the Seattle Public school system. Judging on how the blog site looks and the material on it, this is not really an interactive student-teacher or teacher-parent blog. This blog focuses more on the current events, teacher opinions, and the issues that face the Seattle Public School system. However, this blog contains alot of information to the public such as, the school budget, the school board calendar, and enrollment projections, which could be useful if you were deciding which school to place your child in. They also have a teacher blog section that allows parents to view information about given teachers in seattle public schools. I see this blog as more of a business type blog rather than an educational hands on blog.



Seattle Public School Blogs