Thing #3

I would use a blog as part of my future classroom and have a direct link on my teacher website (which is generally required of all teachers to post homework, announcements, etc).  Parents might want to know more details of recent happenings in the classroom, amusing anecdotes, or pictures of special events at school.  Of course, being a professional educator this would not be the place to vent my frustrations of the day and of students causing problems.  Anyone with a lick of common sense would know that.  For me personally I would have to be careful since I tend to have a very dry, sarcastic tone and that generally does not carry very well in black and white text.  I think the blog might also be kind of fun for telling about my various adventures during the summer when I don't see students on a daily basis.  Students need to know I'm a real person, too!  Again, this would all be middle school appropriate.