A recent question of the week at techlearning.com may provide some insight into attitudes toward blog use in schools. Blog use may be growing, but as a tool for educators and school communicators, it does not appear to be the tool of choice. The "unnoficial' use of blogs by teachers may be the most promising statistic on the chart below...I am guessing that many of these teachers see the benefits and are simply figuring out how to make appropriate use of the technology in spite of school/district leadership.

From the comment section following the poll, I found the following general thoughts to be interesting:

• I wonder if the 44-48% who aren't using blogs are still asking themselves, "What'a a blog??"
• There may be resistance to adding comments to a blog, in part, because people are more comfortable with email.
• Fear of predators was given by one person as the reason for not using blogs.
• Personal privacy and privacy of academic exercises is a concern.
• Some feel that it is a good tool for administrators and teachers to use for school communications