Blog about blogging

Blogging is a great way to keep parents informed. A classroom blog can provide links to resources, updates on class or school activities or just good information to have. Having current and updated information is important. Blogging could be a good activity for students as well since it provides a place for them to keep important information that is accessible from any computer. 

Blogs are only as valuable as the information contained in them. Also, people need a reason to visit your blog. A teacher should keep this in mind before putting a lot of time into developing a resource. You need to equally identify a way to attract visitors to your blog. 

Teaching teens

Teens lack adult reasoning capacity. A teen student should be accountable; however, they require some leniency as they are learning to develop skills like responsibility. It is natural for teens to push away from adults as they seek their independence, this probably also translates to pushing away from teachers. Being obsessed with social relationships, trouble with sleep rhythms and being easily distracted by novelty are also typically seen in teen students.  Students should be expected to stay awake during class, but the teacher might be able to better work with a student whey they understand about changing sleep rhythms.