From a practical point of view I like the idea of having a class blog as a way to post assignments and class news, as well a way to communicate with students and their parents about significant class events. As well as being a useful tool, it also provides a platform through which class work can be shared with the wider school community, and even the world at large.
I liked the way Kim Pericles uses blogs at Belmore South Public School to engage her students in the curriculum. Through using class and individual blogs, such as the boys' Everything Football blog she gives students significant input into their learning, while still achieving desired outcomes such as the interpretation and dissemination of information (in this case, football results).
Another idea I liked was Todd Wright's use of a 'clock' in the classroom for each child. This 'clock' is used for pair work, at each 'hour' of the clock there is a the name of another person in the class, so that when he wants the children to do pair work, he simply says "eight o'clock" buddies, and everyone in the class instantly knows who their buddy is. This seems like a great way to save time which is often lost assigning pairs, and to counteract friends always working together.
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