How to use blogs in my classroom

I became excited about using blogs in my classroom today when one of the groups talked about having a classroom blog. I would love to implement this into my class. I love the idea of each student having a place to show off their work and a place that is their own. I can only image how excited I would have been as a child to have my work and ideas published on the internet, and available to all the other students in my class.

I also love the idea of the teacher being able to communicate with parents through a blog. I believe parents would feel more a part of the class if they were able to access what is going on through a classroom blog. Being a parent of elementary age children, I know that many of the papers that teachers send home get lost in the shuffle. If parents were able to access information, at their convenience, on the internet they could stay up on important information for their student.