How could I use blogs in my classroom??

There are many ways that myself or any educator could use a blog to enhance their classroom.  Firstly, a blog could be a way to communicate with parents, letting them know what is expected from their students, as well as what the daily homework assignments are.  Another way a blog could be used is to have students communicate with students from other schools, possibly ones in other countries that may speak the target language of the class.  This could potentially cover the standards: communication and culture.  Students could communicate in the target language if they are at a high enough level and could also learn about the culture of the other students through the blog.  One other way that a blog could be used is to provide students with readings online that they could read and respond to on the blog.  This would use the communication standard, because the students would be reading and writing about the topic.  There are of course many other ways that blogs could be used in the classroom but here are just a few!