Blogging can be very useful for instructors and students!
For students, blogging can be an especially strong motivator for students to complete homework assignments because it utilizes technology, is personal to them, and is a fun way to express themselves and their thinking. Posting and reading blogs can also help to improve literacy skills as they write their own posts and read their classmates. Blogs can act as student portfolios where they can store and share their academic work with their professors. For example, blogs can be used as reader or writer notebooks for students to keep track of their academic progress.
For instructors, blogs can be a place to share ideas with fellow educators. It can also be a place for educators to post classroom requirements, share handouts, homework assignments, etc with their students.
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Good points on improving student motivation and a fun way to get kids writing and expressing themselves. And the end result of an e-folio is a terrific long term goal.
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