1. It is FUN! Fun!…
2. Authentic audience.
3. Suits all learning styles.
4. Increased motivation for writing.
5. Increased motivation for reading.
6. Improved confidence levels.
7. Pride in their work.
8. Blogs allow text, multimedia, widgets, audio and images – all items that digital natives want to use.
9. Increased proofreading and validation skills.
10. Improved awareness of possible dangers that may confront them in the real world, whilst in a sheltered classroom environment.

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1. If people from Poland are called Poles, aren’t people from Holland called Holes?
2. Is there another word for synonym?
3. If one synchronized swimmer drowns, do the other have to drown too?
4. Why does flammable and inflammable mean the same thing?
5. If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?
6. Why is it that to stop Windows on your PC, you have to click on “Start”?
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