Three-Quarters Done

That's how much of the semester has flown by -- spring break has come and gone, spring came, winter is back for a last hurrah, and I am cranking out one assignment after another to finish up this semester. Since I finished the student handbook committee assignment (with a whimper, not a bang), I didn't feel there was a whole lot more to add to this little journal.
But, the experience of keeping an on-line journal is good in and of itself as an exercise in using technology in a different way.
The question I raise this week is:
How would you incorporate a blog into the subject you teach?
If you teach English, or another language/composition subject, the answer would be relatively easy. But what about some of the subjects that usually don't require written compositions as part or parcel of the course? That is one of the challenges faced by teachers at my daughters' high school, btw -- every class has to include some kind of writing assignment on a regular basis -- I don't recall the frequency, but it is fairly often. Weekly, perhaps? Think on that for awhile, and see what ideas you come up with for including a blog in your subject. I'd be interested in hearing them!
Meanwhile, my next major project is to rewrite some course content for Advanced 9th grade English classes as part of my curriculum course. As soon as I knock out the rough draft for the presentation on "Oversold and Underused" in my edtech class, that is. I thought I had organized things well enough to have my assignments a little more balanced this semester, but delays from my contacts pushed it to the last quarter of the quarter, shall we say.....
Meanwhile, down at the farm...but that's another blog!