How I Can Blog With My First Grade

This school year I will be starting a class blog. Here are some of my thoughts for my new blog.

Publish Student Work: My class blog will a great place to show case my student's work. I would like first to set up peer reviews with our two other first grades in our building. Then expand to our first grade classes in our county. Then I hope to share with other first grade classes everywhere.

Build Community: Currently I send home a class newsletter monthly. My blog could have the class newsletter along with a place for families to ask questions about upcoming class activities. We do Research Labs about animals. Parents could contribute facts, links, and photos to our class research. This would help students to learn information about physical characteristics and habitats.

I am open to new ideas from other teachers, parents, and students.
How do you use a blog with your class?