Question about Classroom web pages and blogs

[issarissa]

I am currently in school for elementary education and have a question in this area. As a sub I have realized that some teachers have a classroom web page and some do not. I have talked to several teachers about their opinions on it and many say they love the idea of having them but don't because there just isn't enough time. I guess time is always a factor. If any of you out there have class web pages, is it something that the parents really enjoy and find useful? How hard is it to keep up and is it something that you can get the students to help you keep up with? (i am hoping for teaching 4th and 5th grade) Also what about class blogs? Does anyone use that in their classroom?

Thanks!

[Clearly Canadian]

Our school website has a place for teachers to include information about our classrooms. Mostly we use it as a homework board. As a staff we try to post our homework on there everyday. We also use it for class announcements, like field trip forms and deadlines etc. There are spots where kids can drop off assignments electronically. I want to use a blog in my language arts class, like a virtual book club with my grade 7s this year. If you want to take a look at our home page, its
http://plone.rockyview.ab.ca/airdrie