Before I start commenting on the articles I want to say that I think it's funny that I have been blogging for a long time and I just didn't know what it was called. Years ago I had a friend with cancer and her family set up a web site where we could write comments to let the patient know we were thinking about her. You could read all the comments that everyone wrote to the patient, and her family said she loved getting the messages. That was my first experience with blogging and I think it was great for the patient and all of us who were concerned about her. Now, back to the articles. I thought the articles were helpful in showing ways that blogs can be used in classrooms. I still think that the they are easier to use in classrooms with older students. I liked the idea that the teacher viewed the entries before they were posted so that if anything wasn't appropriate it wouldn't be put on the web site. I also like knowing that the students have a larger audience for their writing, but I still think that some parents are going to be very nervous about this. The safety issues are still a concern. Another concern that I thought about with younger students is that they are not very proficient with typing yet.
February 4, 2009 8:58 AM