after one month of blogs

This blog project has discovered it has legs, and is beginning to to move! It has been an energizing month, sharing the excitement with the class teachers of getting these blogs set up and beginning to post with each child. It is not a quick process, but is already reaping benefits, for us the teachers, and for the students as readers and writers.

Class 2i asked for feedback from parents. Here are some of the replies (edited) :
"I must say the class blog is great."
"The blog is fantastic!"
"We enjoyed looking at the blogs, its such a nice idea."
"I LOVE THE BLOG – amazing !!! please pass on our complete and utter delight with it."
"We LOVE the blog. It is like a window into my child's day."
"Several mums have verbally told me how much they love the blog."

It is so great to have this positive feedback! We know now that the project is worth all the time we can give it.

I hadn't thought much about how this would affect me as the ICT person involved (beyond the mechanics of setting it up, and the excitement of working with enthusiastic teachers). I realize that feedback like this is as important to me as a teacher as it is to the kids as authors. Roll on blogging!