There are many ways to communicate with your students and their parents, and most of them are probably a lot more sophisticated and high-tech than a web log such as the one I use; click on the link www.team81ah.blogspot.com to view it.
However, it is pretty effective, and does put more responsibility on the students to be aware of what is going on. Also, I like avoiding the use of facebook or twitter, since students seem to use both too much.
There are several other concerns regarding such use:
- Not all students have access to the internet from home, and, even if they do, their parents may have objections to their children accessing the internet.
- While your students may be able to access your web log from school, in computer labs or media centers, you have to make sure that your school system's technology department allows students to access your web log; many schools choose to limit student access to sites such as www.blogger.com, which hosts my web log.
