Blog Envy!

Before starting this blog, I had a little look online to see if any other Psychology teachers use blogging. I came across a blog by Caroline Rigby, called "Psychology teaching ideas". It's a blog for teachers of AS and A2 Psychology. Being a teacher in Wales, we use WJEC, but the writer of this blog uses the AQA exam board, therefore not everything she writes about will be relevant to Psychology teachers in Wales. Her blog, in my opinion, is great. She uses real-life examples to explain Psychological concepts, for example the minority influence in Social Psychology (https://carolinerigby.wordpress.com/2015/09/18/minority-influence-and-social-change-jamie-olivers-latest-campaign/). The blog also contains teaching ideas, advice for trainee teachers, and also posts on specific psychological studies that are taught in the A Level syllabus. I think this blog will be useful for me to follow because its ideas are contemporary and it could provide me with new strategies and teaching methods. However, not many of the posts mention using technology to teach Psychology, therefore I'm not sure how useful this blog will be with regards to using technology in the Psychology classroom, but I will definitely use it to check out the latest news. The layout of this blog is also rather plain and uninteresting, making it look quite unattractive to new readers. Despite this, the content is interesting and useful for teachers. Here is a link to the blog - https://carolinerigby.wordpress.com/