Blogs in a Classroom

I could see blogging being useful for many things in a classroom. First is ease of access to it. Assuming a student has internet access at home or on their phone, they would be able to access a blog anywhere without having to carry around a journal or notebook. A blog would also make it very easy for students to share their information, and view information from other students. The third thing I can see a blog being useful for is the easy review of previous information. You don't have to flip through pages or notebooks, but simply scroll through the page to find previous posts.

I can already think of an easy way to incorporate blogging into the classroom I'm assisting in. We start every class with a five minute warm-up writing. A prompt is put on the screen (relating to information covered in the last class) and students record their answers on a printed outline given out at the start of every week. With a blog, students could record all of their answers online to allow them to review their work after it has been submitted. It would also allow any students absent from class to get online and still be included in that assignment.