District-Wide+Goals

__**Introduction:**__ In our first meeting I presented a suggestion that we develop a list of District-wide goals to guide the appropriate, effective, and efficient use of Blogs/Wikis in the K12 environment. I would like to present these here for further dialog for suggested additions, deletions, and modifications. //Please jump in and enrich the flow of ideas and items for consideration!//

Teachers at BASD are encouraged to establish and publish through weblogs (Blogs) in order to:
 * 1) Promote the school, district and education profession as a critical and successful community institution.
 * 2) Establish productive communication between the classroom and home providing ongoing information about instructional goals, expectations, policies and request for support.
 * 3) Provide students with information that will help them be successful life-long learners.
 * 4) Provide background information on topics currently being taught in the classroom, creating a context for students and for parents.
 * 5) Promote the exchange of ideas between students (within or outside BASD), parents and teachers.
 * 6) To engage students in writing, reading and critiquing published material to facilitate an enriched learning environment.
 * 7) Provide a forum to critically analyze content and themes in all areas of curriculum.