Educational Leaders as Bloggers

In this world of growing technology, educators are not to be forgotten. Students have become accustomed to playing, searching, listening, and learning with technology. One important way that the leaders of educational professionals could use blogs is by having discussions. I envision myself creating a blog for my school in which I pose questions, post ideas, and share insight, and then my staff will have the opportunity to respond, collaborate, and share their insight. I could even go so far as to open it up to the community members and parents. If we had a blog on our school's website, we would be fortunate enough to have parents find out important information, teachers could share ideas, and students could watch the interactions, as well as participate. One of the downfalls, however, is in that it could become a negative grinder. I do not want the blog to be a place where negativity breeds. The blog would need to have boundaries and rules, and if one could not conform to those rules, then they would not be allowed to participate. It would take monitoring by myself, my administrators, and my technology specialist in my building.