Why Classroom Blogs are Good…
Benefits
- Students are already blogging (and love it).
- Students who lack reading and writing skills probably also lack the motivation to practice reading and writing. They will, however, read and write with their friends on chats and social online sites.
- Students love to see their words published on the web.
- Students who blog can engage in meaningful writing on classroom topics in a familiar medium.
- Students who know their audience includes more than their teacher will write more carefully, accurately, and credibly.
- Blogs allow others to respond, providing essential feedback to the authors.
- Blogs are easy to create and maintain!
- Blogs are easy to track and assign points/grades/credit for content.
