Blog? Why Blog?
Blogging has exploded on the Web, and is beginning to pop up in education. Why should kids blog? It really is the same answer as to why kids should write. Writing expands vocabulary, builds literacy skills and helps students become creative producers of consumable content. As educators, we should be helping students to become more than consumers of social media. They can be producers of content as well. Blogging gives students an authentic audience and allows them to share their thoughts with more than just their teacher. Give your students access to the world and help them to build up their writing confidence and see how much they grow over time!
There are wonderful blogging sites that are easy to use and take the technological difficulties out of the process. Google's Blogger is simple and anyone with a Google account already has a Blogger account. For safe and simple blogging, KidBlogs is a wonderful resource and is FREE to teachers.
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