Farewell PGCE blog...

I have come to the end of my first school's placement and with it, the end of my blog. This is my final entry and in it I shall be discussing some of the pros and cons of using blogs and their place within schools to evaluate the exercise.

Firstly, I think I must congratualate myself... at the beginning of this course I had no idea what a blog was, how to set one up, what to do with one or even how to find one!!! Now, I know all of these things, can evidence first hand how easy they are to do (okay, with the exception of putting on my first picture!) and would even be able to set one up in a school and show my class how to work it!

I really love the format of this piece of ICT. I think in a classroom it has huge potential especially in terms of keeping the parents of children informed of their children's work or class successes. I think it would be a fabulous idea to set up a class blog where children could celebrate their successes. I also think that school trips, either day or residential would greatly benefit from a blog and I would consider using one in the future to keep worried children and mums and dads in touch.

Safety and Child Protection issues were in the forefront of my mind at the beginning of this blog. But, I can see how secure a filter system can be and am much more aware of the procedures that can be put in place to protect the identity of children on the posts.

All, in all, blogs get a thumbs up from me and I am looking forward to using them with my future class!!

Thanks for reading,
Rosie.