Practical Suggestions

This is from an article in thejournal.com published last month, which strongly advocates the use of blogs in education.

Blogs can be incorporated into any type of class for all reading- and writing-aged students. They can be used as a knowledge-management tool where teachers and students communicate with each other through the course of the semester, or as a tool to bring reflections or outside material into the class for everyone’s benefit. Following are a number of practical suggestions that provide a good environment for successful blog integration.

The advice then continues under the headings

Consider blogging yourself
Spend time visiting other classroom blogs
Model blogging for your students
Make the blogs more public
Explain the “reach” of blogs to students.

Four Benefits of Student Blogging
1. The use of blogs helps students become subject-matter experts.
2. The use of blogs increases student interest and ownership in learning.
3. The use of blogs gives students legitimate chances to participate.
4. The use of blogs provides opportunities for diverse perspectives, both within and outside of the classroom.

read the full article here: Content Delivery in the ‘Blogosphere’