Mrs. Mooney, a first grade teacher in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin manages a blog for highlighting students work. The template of the blog is very simple but attractive. There is not a lot of color, but in a case like this, the less color, the better. Mrs. Mooney posts on the blog about every week, sometimes more. Each post is dedicated to show parents the type of work that has been done in class and to give some additional information about what they are learning. The blog is also easily accessible. There are two categories highlighting supplies needed and upcoming special events. Each category is neatly set up and easy to access. There is also a page dedicated to access her past newsletters. In my opinion, I believe Mrs. Mooney's Class Blog is a great example of how to utilize information for parents.
Room 110 Blog
Brian McLaughlin uses a blog to have his students post entries on. Although the idea is great, he doesn't do a great job on making the blog attractive or easily accessible. When entering his blog, the only colors you see are different shades of gray, which I personally think is very boring. When looking over his posts, there are often misspellings, or punctuation errors. He does a lot of posts in all caps which makes the post look very unattractive. On the front page of his blog, there is a lot of posts that are directly related to him, and nothing about his students or classroom. When trying to look around the blog, it was very confusing to navigate. Usually teachers have problems with adding too many gadgets, but McLaughlin doesn't have enough. I tried finding a search bar to search through his blog but I wasn't able to find one. In addition, when you click on the posts by the students, it takes you to a different page where it doesn't look like it belongs to the blog. Mr. McLaughlin needs to take some time to make his blog more accessible, attractive, and cohesive.
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