Let's Blog About It!: KTC uses blogs to communicate messages to the world and as a forum for discussion between teachers and students

At KTC this year, we are incorporating blogging into our classroom teaching and activities for students.  Some teachers are using Blogger, a free online blogging platform with out Google accounts, and Ryan Marklevitz (Hospitality instructor) is using KidBlog.

Randy Gebolys (Facilities Maintenance), Beth Mazur (Early Childcare Careers), Renee LaFurgey (Retail), and Clayton Powell (Automotive) are all using Blogger.  Clayton Powell and Randy Gebolys put questions on their blog for the students to answer and also require them to respond to another classmate's blog posting as well.

I have experience with Blogger through my Grand Valley State University Educational Technology degree experiences but I am truly excited that our students are using technology that allows them to communicate with each other, with others around the world, and in ways that college students are being instructed.

The students are beginning their online presence, we are getting the word out about KTC, and we're doing it in innovative ways.

At the Kent Transition Center, we lead learning.