21st Century Teaching
The 21st century as brought about a number of changes. Education continues to grow and adapt to new ways of thinking. It continues to incorporate new technology and bring new tools that make it easier to learn. One of the best web 2.0 tools that have gained traction over the years is blogging. There is literally a blog for everything on the internet. The amount of teaching blogs that have been developed over the years has skyrocketed. Teachers are eager to share ideas, thoughts, and lesson plans with the world. There are a number of teacher blogs I follow for laughs and ideas. It is very calming to know that there is someone out there who may think like me and share the same ideologies with me. It is easy to think we are alone in how we feel and think but blogging offers a connection to the average reader that makes everything make sense. Blogging requires interaction that engages the reader through questions, thoughts, and other incorporated links (Richardson, 2010). The conversat...