The document discusses using blogs in elementary classrooms. Blogs can be used to discuss and reflect on learning, announce events, showcase student work, and collaborate. Some benefits are that blogging provides an authentic writing experience, students feel accomplished, and participation is not limited by time or space. However, teachers must consider student safety, monitoring comments, and devote time to keeping the blog updated. Steps before starting include learning about blogging, following teacher blogs, starting a personal blog, and taking a course. Suggested blog platforms include edublogs.org, blogger.com, and classchatter.com.