- It is FUN! Fun!…
- Authentic audience.
- Suits all learning styles.
- Increased motivation for writing.
- Increased motivation for reading.
- Improved confidence levels.
- Pride in their work.
- Blogs allow text, multimedia, widgets, audio and images – all items that digital natives want to use.
- Increased proofreading and validation skills.
- Improved awareness of possible dangers that may confront them in the real world, whilst in a sheltered classroom environment.
- Ability to share.
- Mutual learning between students and staff and students.
- Parents with internet access can view their child’s work and writings.
- Blogs may be used for digital portfolios and all the benefits this entails.
- Work is permanently stored, easily accessed and valuable comparisons can be made over time for assessment and evaluation purposes.
- Students are digital natives – blogging is a natural element of this.
- Gives students a chance to show responsibility and trustworthiness and engenders independence.
- Prepares students for digital citizenship as they learn cybersafety and netiquette.
- Fosters peer to peer mentoring. Students are happy to share, learn from and teach their peers (and this, often not their usual social groups).
- Students set the topics for posts – leads to deeper thinking activities.
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