Blogging in Education

From: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qnz9YIpOOT8

Today, we are living in an age of technology with various tools by which we can connect with others and share information. These tools are often referred to as "Web 2.0". This can include blogs, YouTube videos, wikis and so forth. With the right knowledge and skills teachers can utilize these to teach their students in a way that is interactive, creative and even fun.

Blogs are a type of Web 2.0 application. As a matter of fact, you are reading one right now. As you can see, blogs allow those who possess one to write, share and have others comment on what they have shared. Blogs could be used by teachers as a teaching tool in various ways. For example, a blog could be used by a teacher to post up assignments for a class. In contrast students could also use blogs to post in assignments for their teacher and also other students to view. What you are reading is a perfect example of this.

A teacher-created website with the right set up could also be used to do this, but why take the effort to make up your own website to do this when you could do so with student driven BLOGS? For one, it would take a lot more training than necessary. As well as this, student driven BLOGS would allow students to view and give feedback on one anothers' work. And best of all, in my opinion, making a blog can be fun. Blogging sites like Blogger make it so easy to set up a blog, write and get creative. The network and applications have already been provided. As student and teachers alike, we should use them.