Just interesting technology...

After searching and reading several articles about education and never coming across one that really struck my mind as "first blog" worthy, I decided to stop trying so hard. I realized I didn't even understand what a blog entailed. So that is where I began my search. I started reading random blogs and discovered you can blog about anything. But the blogs I found the most interesting were those of teachers. Until now, I considered myself to be a teacher who utilizes technology in her classroom as much as possible. But after reading through Mrs. Kuieck's classroom blog, my mind was opened to a whole new world. I never even imagined using blogging as a way of communicating with parents. I am a teacher who loves to send emails. I try and send emails to my parents almost every night with reminders of upcoming assignments and events. Mrs. Kuieck posts everything through blogging. She has newsletters, surveys, supply lists and pictures. I was mesmerized.
I also came across another teacher's amazing blog, Ms. Feinman's blog, She has posted video's of her class. She also has posted skills for her students to work on at home. It is unbelievable the possibilities of using blogging in a classroom.
But then as I searched some more, I wondered what is next? Facebook? Where all your students are your friends and they too have accounts? Twittering? So a parent can know what is going on in your classroom hour by hour? I wonder where it stops. I wonder when does it become unsafe for the students. I wonder if elementary classrooms will start to become increasingly digital, with each student having their own laptop. Or to go even further, having an iPhone and using twitter as a way of communicating instead of turning to their neighbor to ask a question. It may sound a bit absurd, but so does the thought of a second grader riding her bike down the road, unaccompanied, and talking on a cell phone. When used properly, incorporating technology into the classroom does engage the students more and prepare them for the road ahead. But as a teacher, would I be feeding into the communication barrier that is developing because people don't call each other any more, they text?
All in all I think blogging is an amazing tool and may consider it a tool for my classroom. But then I have to stop and ask myself, "is there such a thing as too much technology in a classroom?" ... and how much is the proper amount?