Blogging!

I was intrigued by Laurens Blog on Blogging! She describes the benefits of blogging in the classroom. And I couldn’t agree more children will jump at the opportunity to type rather than write. And that is the way that society is heading. Blogging also allows children to have a wider audience rather than just the teacher reading their work, parents and friends can read their work, and in fact the whole world can read their work. Children can also read other children’s work enhancing and furthering their own ideas. Lauren is right when she points out that what teacher wouldn’t want their children to enjoy reading and writing and maybe blogging is the way to do this. I also like how she leaves us on an interesting note about would the introduction of this blogging solve all literacy problems in the classroom? In response to this question I will say yes it is exciting to begin with but like most things the novelty may wear off and then there Is the no side literacy is something you have to love to want to do, whilst we can place a computer in front of the child the child has to like what they are writing about.