- A way to connect "newby" teachers with "seasoned teachers"
- connecting different parts of the world together
- easy to communicate with students/parents
- way to keep up with eduacational news and topics
- create an "open" resource for other teachers ex. share lesson plans
- organized way to show your teaching abilities for future job opportunities
What to Avoid
- inappropriate content ex. language
- personal information ex. classroom details, location, student's names
- hard to read fonts and sizes of text
- sporadic posts (a good blog is updated on a regular basis)
- irrelevant information ex. education information not how you spent your weekend...
- wordy, run-on blogs that are not clear and concise
