Blogs in the Classroom

Using blogs in the classroom can be a useful tool to engage your students using the world wide web. Blogs are great at providing students information very quickly. If you have multiple topics that need to be covered you can have your students go to your blog and reach your postings. Students can also post their own information, or instead of writing a paper they can just post their work on the blog and the teacher can grade it that way.
I like when the article about 'trolls" talked about teaching kids social discourse. You can teach kids about a specific subject and the same time teach them about how to communicate to others. Teachers can set limits on what each student can post on their blog. Limiting responses to content information only is a good way to keep students on topic.
I agree that students have changed the way they gain information so I think blogging is a great tool that should be used more often. Students can learn how to respond to other studentss postings and learn something new about their classmates while reading their posts. You can teach respect, and character when using blogs. If you have a student write a blog you should expect them to respond to at least three other students and give them positive or constructive feedback.
The internet is good but it can be bad as well. Some students might abuse their internet right and use personal put downs on other peoples postings. I think if the blogging is monitored by the teacher and clear rules are defined and followed then blogs can be a safe, interactive means of finding new information and discussing topics between students and teachers.