Blogging in the Classroom

Chris Ludwig, a science teacher in Colorado, is a teacher who has decided to blogging for the purposes of classroom assessment exclusively.  He has gone as far as abandoning testing in its entirety.

Without going to a blogging-only model, many of his ideas are exciting to me, a pre-service teacher.  I especially liked his idea of getting rid of the old worksheet approach.  Also, forcing students to write more is definitely a plus as teachers are encouraged to improve student literacy across all subjects.  Also, it'd be a great way to allow parents to read and monitor the work of their children.

So how do we assess the students (mandatory) responses? Well, you can always use a rubric that others have made, or make your own just like you would for any paper-based evaluation.