How Educational Leaders Can Use Blogs

Blogs might be beneficial to educational leaders because it is a resource to share experiences, actions, and reflections. Through a blog, others will be able to reflect on the educational leader's actions and experiences. Educational leaders can also reflect on the actions and experiences of others by reading and engaging in the blogs of other educators. Blogging creates a discussion board for people to come together and discuss and share their thoughts and feelings about what is happening in our schools and what needs to happen. Educational leaders can use a blog as a tool to gain feedback from teachers, students, and parents. Using blogs also shows that the educational leader is a technology leader and models that he/she is keeping up with the technology as he/she expects teachers and students to do. This will encourage teachers to do the same in order to keep up with the advancing technology and new learning styles of today's students.