Reflections, Instruction, Writing and Blogging

I believe that blogging sites could provide a motivational tool for teachers and students and research bloggs could be helpful for instruction. Students could use blogs as research tools and sources. I could use bloggs to improve the learning in my classroom. Any ideas on how I start?

Introduction

I teach 7th grade language arts in a small town in Missouri. Actually, I head the 7th grade language arts department. I am always looking for ideas to improve instruction in my classroom. Currently I am developing ideas for student research. Any ideas about how to help students learn to formulate effective research questions?