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.
11. Ability to share.
12. Mutual learning between students and staff and students.
13. Parents with internet access can view their child’s work and writings.
14. Blogs may be used for digital portfolios and all the benefits this entails.
15. Work is permanently stored, easily accessed and valuable comparisons can be made over time for assessment and evaluation purposes.
16. Students are digital natives – blogging is a natural element of this.
17. Gives students a chance to show responsibility and trustworthiness and engenders independence.
18. Prepares students for digital citizenship as they learn cybersafety and netiquette.
19. Fosters peer to peer mentoring. Students are happy to share, learn from and teach their peers (and this, often not their usual social groups).
20. Students set the topics for posts – leads to deeper thinking activities.

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