I think blogging would be a great enhancement to a classroom. When integrating technology into a classroom, blogging can be used to get students familiar with using the internet. Blogging can be a good way to improve communication between students. Many students do not like to speak and share their ideas. Blogging allows student to type what they are thinking and can get everyone involved in a discussion. I would use blogging as a tool to assist in group assignments. Students could work together to create a blog and pick a topic of interest to learn more about. I would allow students classroom time to research and post to their blogs. I then would encourage the class to read and learn from each others blog topics. Students would post questions and it would be up to the group to find answers and post responses to their classmates.
M Savage
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Michele, I am glad that you have personally experienced the power of the blog as a learning tool You may find that the 'shy students' become engaged at a new level - teachers share this with me often.
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