Blogs are being used more and more by
teachers. Many Internet services now offer free and easy ways to create
personal Web pages.
Through comments on blogs, or Web logs,
teachers can share their classroom experiences. They can exchange ideas and
discuss successes and failures. They can debate educational policies. Or they
can just sympathize with each other.
A teacher in the American state of North
Carolina recently wrote on her blog: “Apparently the teachers at my school use
too much paper. So my principal yelled at everyone at the last staff meeting
for, like, ten minutes. Now, I’ve just been told, we are not getting anymore
paper for the rest of the year.”
This unidentified blogger is now in her
third year of teaching, but still calls her site firstyearteacher.blogspot.com.
A blogger who calls himself Minister
Lawrence works as a substitute teacher. In April he wrote about a disputed plan
to split the Omaha, Nebraska, public schools into separate systems for black,
Latino and white students. Supporters say minority parents do not have enough
power over their children’s education.
But Minister Lawrence wrote at
teachersparadise.blogspot.com: “I’m afraid that what this says’ to a lot of
people is that blacks, whites and Hispanics are not equal, and “reinforces”
racist beliefs among people.”
Educators did not become involved with
blogging right away. Many were concerned with privacy issues and security. But
now, thousands of teacher blogs can be found on the Internet. Many teachers do
not identify themselves, and they change the names of students and co-workers.
1.What are teachers not doing through
blogs?
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A．They discuss educational problem.
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B．They send money to the poor students.
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C．They share teaching ideas.
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D．They comfort each other.
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2. What is the main idea for the passage?
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A．More and more teachers are using blogs.
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B．It is exciting to use blogs.
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C．Blogs are popular with students.
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D．Educational problems are settled through blogs.
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3. Why some teachers do not identify
themselves? Because ___
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A．they are forbidden to identify themselves.
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B．they are forbidden to write something through blogs
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C．they want to ensure their security
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D．they want to amuse others.
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4.Which of the following is the result of
the teachers’ using blogs?
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A．Paper consuming is declining.
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B．Teaching is improving.
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C．Classes are more active.
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D．Government is against it.
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5.Minister Lawrence’s blogs are about___
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A．classroom experiences
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B．teaching plans
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C．educational policies
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D．the black minority
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