Blogging or Web logging as some people call it is thought of as an activity for high school students. Students as young as kindergarten now blog on a daily basis in a variety of exciting ways. Educators know that students write better when they have a real audience -- not just a teacher with a red pen. In the past, finding such an audience was a challenge. But with Internet access and some basic software, any student can write for the world to see.
The website gave specific articles for grade level and for levels of comfort of technology. So I knew which website fit well for my grade and since I am not tech savvy, it explained which a good blog site was for me. It also includes teachers concerns about safety and content. Teachers can use a blogging program/online tool that requires a password to publish. That way, you as the teacher have final say about what goes online, and you can edit out any identifying information (such as a student's home address!) before it becomes public.
This article was the best of all three that I chose due to the awesome information on how I can incorporate it and which websites can help certain levels of tech people. I loved the blogs idea when it was first introduced to us at the beginning of class; however I was a little skeptical if I was going to use in the classroom. I so wanted to use blogging for my students because I think blogging is a great learning tool. I agree with the articles about because of the simplicity of a blog, and because of the context of news and editorial column writing, blogging has become a highly effective way to help students become better writers. Research has long shown that students write more, write in greater detail, and take greater care with spelling, grammar, and punctuation, when they are writing to an authentic audience over the Internet.
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